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THIS WEEKEND’S LESSON
Jon Henninger | Lead Pastor
Week 4: Widow’s Jar
One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
2 Kings 4:1
Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Psalm 37:25
“What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.
2 Kings 4:2
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Proverbs 27:17
Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.”
2 Kings 4:3
9Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.”
2 Kings 4:4
5So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. 6Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. 7When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”
2 Kings 4:5-7
There is but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things.
1 Corinthians 8:6
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
Ephesians 3:16
18And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 3:18-19
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