Jonah 2 | Bible Study Questions - Covenant Hope Church Dubai

OBSERVATION

How would you describe Jonah's journey downward?
1. What sort of distress did Jonah experience? (physical?, emotional?, etc.)
What does it mean to "cry out" to the Lord?
1. Is this something that people still do today?
2. What tends to cause people to cry out to God?
3. Does God always hear our prayers?
In the different phrases and descriptions of this chapter, how do you see God in control?
Based on verses 7-9, what do you think Jonah learns from everything that's happened to him?
1. Is anything missing from Jonah's prayer?
2. What could Jonah add to his prayer to show that he's truly been changed by God's grace?

Think about some hard times that you've experienced in your life.
1. How has God taught you by allowing those hard times?
2. How does that change how you can think about hard times in the future?
It can be easy to look at Jonah's disobedience and ability to rationalize his rebellion, but perhaps we're not so different from Jonah.
1. How can you be tempted to do the same things?
2. How can we grow in our understanding of our own sin?
3. Think of one sin from this last week that you can confess to God and to others.
Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
Sing Salvation Belongs to Our God to God and to one another.