Call God
I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. ~ Jonah 2:2a (NLT)
Jesus said: …"I won’t send away anyone who comes to me." ~ John 6:37b (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Expect the Lord to answer your calls for help.
PRAYER:
Lord,
THANKS: I am thankful that you listen to us and that I can count on you. You even respond to unworthy people -- people who have in the past failed to turn to you for help.
REGRETS: That's me -- sometimes. I try to fix my own problems in my own way. Or I ignore them and pretend that they will go away.
INTERCESSION: Put signs on my path to remind me that you are there and are eager to hear from me.
PURPOSE: I'm going to take full advantage of the way that you welcome people to turn to you.
Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)
REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press) TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)