February 9th & 13th, 2022
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 And the word of the LORD came to him: 3 “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
—1 Kings 17:1-7
5b I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.
7 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
—2 Corinthians 12:5, 7-10
1. Weakness invites a necessary
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Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will reap a crop of my love; plow the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower salvation upon you.
—Hosea 10:12
2. Weakness intiates a necessary
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4 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
—1 Kings 17:4,6
3. Weakness instigates a necessary
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23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.” 24 And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
—1 Kings 17:23-24
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
—1 Corinthians 1:27, 29
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1. Today, I want to make a decision to know Jesus as Savior for the first time.
2. I will celebrate my weaknesses knowing God has a plan for them.
3. I will trust the Lord in my moments of need knowing that He provides.
4. I am going to invite someone who is away from God to the Samson series.