Sunday, October 31, 2021 Sermon Notes: WE > ME: Generous Courage
1 Kings 17:1 NIV 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
1 Kings 17:7-16 NIV 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” 12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” 13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ” 15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 NIV 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. 19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
Sermon Notes: WE > ME: “Generous Courage”
BLESSING May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God the Father, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit - go with you now and always. AMEN.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS: WE > ME: “Generous Courage” Week of November 1-6
MONDAY -- 1 Kings 17:1-6 TUESDAY -- 1 Kings 17:7 -16 WEDNESDAY -- 1 Kings 17:17-18 THURSDAY -- 1 Kings 17:19-21 FRIDAY -- 1 Kings 17:22-23 SATURDAY -- 1 Kings 17:24
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK: (From Habakkuk 3:17-19)
Gracious and Generous God, Even when my circumstances are dire and I am desperate, I will put my faith and hope in You and You alone. “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in You oh Lord, I will be joyful in You oh God my Savior. You, Sovereign Lord, are my strength; You make my feet like the feet of a deer, You enable me to tread on the heights.” In Jesus’ name. AMEN.
OBSERVATION (“What?”) What is one thing that I observed in the passage?
IMPLICATION (“So What?”) What does that mean for me and my life?
APPLICATION (“Now What?”) What am I going to do about it?