do you know that you can pray to the Lord from anywhere else then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly do you know you can pray to the Lord from anywhere true geographically geography do you remember you people you're in the Mediterranean Sea I don't know where he was in the Mediterranean season I'm sure he didn't know I don't know how deep down he was but from there he prayed you can pray from anywhere Abraham prayed in the desert so did Isaac so did Jacob Solomon prayed in the temple the tax
collector played in the synagogue [Music] Cornelius prayed in a house the disciples prayed in a boat Jesus prayed in a garden and you can pray anywhere and you can pray here and you can pray right where you're seated and if you're touched by any of the messages you don't have to leave your seat to have dealings with God you can pray in your room there are no holy places because all places are holy because in God we live and move and have our being put foreign but what's true geographically is also true spiritually now think
about Jonah Jonas he's disobedient God said go east and he's gone west does this play the pro last you God said go on the land and he's gone on the sea it is but you can pray to the Lord from there he's got a bad attitude he doesn't want to see the wicked Assyrians sparedos they'd rather see them wiped out by the Judgment of God there's not much right about him but I have a favorite verse in the Bible I wish to tell people don't ever have a favorite verse just love the whole of the
Bible but I was a hypocrite because I have a favorite verse lesson also here Rose and came to his father but when he was still a great way off Mercedes his father saw him and had compassion and fell on his neck and kissed him you better isn't that wonderful no matter indoors when he was a great way off you can be in a Christian Conference and be a million kilometers away from God spiritually he studies are you like that is the one person like that is it you that was it you can pray to the
Lord from there the Lord doesn't say improve first he doesn't say get your act together it's enough that you face in the father's Direction and when you're a great way off so far that you don't know how far it is you'll find it running towards us and his first words to you will be yes my some male female that's the gospel that we preach yes there's a way back to God from the dark Paths of sinus there's a door that is open and we may go in calvary's Cross is where we begin when we come
as sinners to Jesus you can be restored this evening if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and however long you've been away and whatever you've done in the far country you can be completely reconciled to God aguara [Music] [Music]