Mercy and Our Mess
Our Daily Bread Podcast
Our Daily Bread Ministries
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From Inside the Fish, Jonah pray to the Lord His God. |
| 0:05.0 | Jonah, chapter 2, verse 1. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:12.0 | Mercy and Our Mess, was written by Karen Pimpo and read by Tony Collier. |
| 0:29.6 | Jonah chapter 2 verses 1 through 2, 7 through 10, and chapter 3 verses 1 through 5. From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord His God. |
| 0:34.6 | He said, in my distress, I called to the Lord, and he answered me, from deep in the realm |
| 0:41.5 | of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry. Now picking up at verse seven, |
| 0:48.9 | when my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you to your holy temple. |
| 0:57.5 | Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God's love for them. |
| 1:02.7 | But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. |
| 1:08.2 | What I have vowed I will make good. |
| 1:14.2 | I will say, salvation comes from the Lord. |
| 1:22.3 | And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. And now, chapter 3 verses 1 through 5. Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. Go to the great city of Nineveh and |
| 1:30.5 | proclaim to it the message I give you. Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. |
| 1:37.9 | Now Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to go through it. Jonah began by going |
| 1:44.1 | a day's journey into the city, |
| 1:46.1 | proclaiming, 40 more days and Nineveh will be overthrown. The Ninevites believed God. A fast |
| 1:53.2 | was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. |
| 2:02.3 | Mercy and Ar Mess, written by Karen Pimpo. |
| 2:07.5 | During Sunday school, my patience with three-year-old Peter was wearing thin. |
| 2:12.6 | He was unhappy, unkind to the other kids, and absolutely refused to be content, even when we offered him the most |
| 2:20.7 | coveted toys. My pity turned to annoyance. If he stubbornly persisted in being difficult, then fine. |
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