Jonah 2:10 – What God Thinks of Jonah’s Prayer

The Redeeming God Podcast · Jun 29, 2017 · 23m

As we have studied through Jonah’s prayer in Jonah 2, I have been fairly critical of Jonah and what he says. I have said that his prayer, while full of Scripture and pious language, is actually a big sham. He praises himself, condemns the sailors, and reveals a lot of self-righteousness and pride.

Now that was my take on the prayer. And honestly, I hate being critical of someone else’s prayer. My prayer life isn’t great, and I imagine that most of my prayers are quite selfish as well.

So why did I feel it was okay to be critical of Jonah’s prayer? Well, because it is in Scripture, and…