When God Searches Your Heart

St. Charles | Scott Grossenbacher
July 26, 2026
Jonah 2:8-10

“Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!” And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.” Jonah 2:8-10 (ESV)

* God Uses Prayer To…

1. DIAGNOSE YOUR DISTRACTIONS.

“Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.” Jonah 2:8 (ESV)

“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you… covetousness, which is idolatry.” Colossians 3:5 (ESV)

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 (ESV)

* God Uses Prayer To…

2. DIAGNOSE YOUR DEVOTION.

“But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay.” Jonah 2:9a (ESV)

“Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 (ESV)

“To obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 (ESV)

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” John 14:15 (ESV)

* God Uses Prayer To…

3. DIAGNOSE YOUR DEPENDENCE.

“Salvation belongs to the Lord!” “And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.” Jonah 2:9b-10 (ESV)

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5 (ESV)

“He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy.” Titus 3:5 (ESV)

“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 (ESV)