New Mercy Community Church Podcasts

God's heart is compassionate and missional. But sometimes, we choose to run away from God, because we are afraid of what it truly means to be compassionate and missional. Even then, God runs to us and receives us with grace. VERSE : Jonah 21 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:“In my distress I called to the Lord,    and he answered me.From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,    and you listened to my cry.3 You hurled me into the depths,    into the very heart of the seas,    and the currents swirled about me;all your waves and breakers    swept over me.4 I said, ‘I have been banished    from your sight;yet I will look again    toward your holy temple.’5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]    the deep surrounded me;    seaweed was wrapped around my head.6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down;    the earth beneath barred me in forever.But you, Lord my God,    brought my life up from the pit.7 “When my life was ebbing away,    I remembered you, Lord,and