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GOD CARES FOR THE WEAK

“God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity…” ~ Psalm 68:6   REFERENCE: Psalm 68:3-6   There is a myth about a particular warrior Grecian tribe who killed children born with deformity or inability because they could not stand having a weakling among their tribe. The law of natural selection also shows that weaker species of animals will die because they cannot adapt to their environment, while the stronger ones will reproduce. However, God cares for the weak.   The Psalmist in our text exhorts the saints to be glad and to rejoice exceedingly....
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A PROPHET’S VALUE

“When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord.” II Kings 4:32&33   REFERENCE: II Kings 4:32-43   “Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants, the prophets .”  (Amos 3:7). God places great value on His prophets (ministers) and often uses them as vessels through which He communicates His mind, teaches His word, and manifests His works amongst men. All through scripture, God speaks glowingly about them, save in cases where they...
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A PROPHET’S REWARD

“So, he said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. Then he said, “About this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” ~ II Kings 4:15-16   REFERENCE: II Kings 4:8-17   The woman at Shunem dared to identify with Elisha in his needs and supplied his needs the best way she could. While she did this, she had her personal needs – she had been married for many years without a child. Her culture and times considered this a curse or displeasure of God. She pled with her husband that they should be a...
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A PROPHET’S WAGE

“And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. 10 Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall, and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so, it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.” ~ II Kings 4:9-10   REFERENCE: II Kings 41-10   Who pays a prophet’s wage? When a servant of God has given himself to the work of ministry, putting the needs of others above...
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A PROPHET’S KINDNESS

"So, Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil." ~ II Kings 4:1   REFERENCE: II Kings 4:1-10   Imagine with me the extremities the prophet's widow has been plunged into by the so much debt her husband left her with. Things got so bad that she was left with just a bottle of oil in her house, and her sons were about to be taken as payment for her 'inherited' debt. How were they...
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A PROPHET’S WIDOW

"A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves." ~ II Kings 4:1   REFERENCE: II Kings 4:1-10   Widowhood is an experience you would not wish for anyone. I was talking to a widow in my family recently, and I was quietly repenting under my breath. Why? Because I realized that no one understands the depth of pain, fear, insecurity, helplessness, etc., they...
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NOT ANOTHER VESSEL

"Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another vessel." So, the oil ceased." ~ II Kings 4:6   REFERENCE: II Kings 4:1-4   In our text, God was ready to keep the miracle of oil flowing as long as there were vessels to receive them, but when there was not another vessel, the flow stopped. God does not waste His grace or gift by pouring it where there are no vessels to receive or contain them. Likewise, God cannot bless...
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GOD IS AT WORK

“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day to save many people alive.” – Genesis 50:20   REFERENCE: Genesis 50:15-21   Joseph had the opportunity to be bitter with his brothers and to avenge their cruel treatment meted to him several years earlier but held back because he put things in proper perspective. He saw everything he suffered through the eyes of God and responded that although they meant evil, God was at work through it all and turned it around for good....
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FAVOR WITH EGYPTIANS

“And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus, they plundered the Egyptians.” ~ Exodus 12:36   REFERENCE: Exodus 12:21-25 and 35-36   The odd and unlikely happened on the day enslaved Israelites found favor with the Egyptians, their slave masters. It was unheard of that a slave, leaving against the wish of his master, would go to him and ask for his precious possessions, and the master would give him. That is what to expect when the favor of God is upon a man; the unusual and astonishing...
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GOD SPEAKS; LISTEN!

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." – John 10:27   REFERENCE: John 10:27-30   Our God is a speaking God! The Psalmist contrasted Him to idols with mouths that do not speak, eyes but do not see ears but they do not hear, noses but do not smell, and although they have throats, they do not mutter words (Psalm 115:5-8). God is ever willing to instruct and guide us. Like a good parent, He wants to speak to us about our lives, families, marriage choices, business, investments, service to Him, ministry, etc. God speaks,...
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