Opening Song: O Lord, open our lips and our mouths will declare Your praise. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen. The Scripture for today is Jonah Let’s prepare our hearts to hear from God’s word as we listen to Steadfast Love by Robbie Seay and Shane Barnard. The verse’s melody gradually ascends higher with each line, gaining intensity in an emotional cry. In contrast, the chorus remains more static, a representation of the steadfastness of the Lord’s love regardless of our sin or our doubts. Lyrics:When fear's so overwhelmingI can feel it in my skinAnd the bitterness of losing faithLike poison on my lipsWhen life feels like a never endingWeight upon my soulOh I need You oh LordYour steadfast love never ceasesYour goodness GodCalling me to restYour mercy just when I need itHow great is Your faithfulnessThe weight of every sinIs closing in on human bonesAs the Son of God was dreaming aboutWhat tomorrow holdsThe night so overwhelmingBlood and water start to flowNot my will oh but YoursBridgeI'll sing the songOf the wounded OneOh not my willFather Yours be doneIn Your mercyYou have wounded meAnd by Your woundsJesus I am healedOh by Your woundsJesus I am healedHow great is Your faithfulnessHow great is Your faithfulnessPassage: 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?”5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”(Jonah Musical Reflection: Jesus, Remember Me by Jacques BerthierReflection Notes: “Jesus, Remember Me” is a tune from the French Taizé tradition; these simple songs are meant to be repeated indefinitely with added instrumentation or voice parts. They are meant to be meditative and allow for prayer. Prayer: Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen. -Old Anglican Prayer