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Leader Guide ESV, Unit 13, Session 2 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Nov. 2022. Summary and Goal After his initial meeting with King Ahab, in which he declared a drought over…

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end, and will…

Devotion 15 Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard. Prayer Announcements Weekly Theme: Don’t Live Against God Word for the Week: Rejection is rebellion against God’s authority, purpose and instruction and results in the rejection of God’s servants and, ultimately, in the…

Despair and Depression Last week we looked at how David battled anxiety. We said that he acknowledged that life was going to be difficult. He didn’t have unrealistic expectations but by gazing on the beauty and seeking the Lord in his temple, seeking his face and his will, he could face anything. That…

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Relationship NOT Religion 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 10 The thief comes only to…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We still have Angel Tree kids available, see Kathy. Potluck and Communion will be on December 18. Introduction Good morning and thank you for the wonderful message of music. If your new to FCC, we welcome you! We believe it take the whole Bible to make a whole…

1 Kings 16:29-22:40 . A sad story tonight. It is sad because it is a story of departure from God to a new level. A key statement among the kings of Israel is that no longer when a new king is introduced did they do evil like Jeroboam, now you will see that they did evil like Ahab who went much further…

Limping Between Opinions As we pick up our Casket Empty series again, we have journeyed to the point where the Kingdoms are divided. 10 tribes have separated from the other 2, to form a Northern and Southern Kingdom. These numbers might sound familiar as when the 12 spies went and scouted the promised…

You ever wonder what is necessary in order to experience the grace of God in your life? How do we live, better yet, how do we know and experience the grace of God first hand? 1 Kings 18 is going to help us to answer that question In doing so, we’ll break up the chapter into four sections... 1-16, 17-19,…

1 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria. 45 In a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind;…

Devotion And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. Prayer And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet…

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end? That is…

I have made the statement over this past year that “I would rather take a decade of 2020 over six months of 2019”. I’m not saying that the difficulties we as a family went through were more or less difficult than what God may be allowing you to go through What I am saying is that life brings struggles,…

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, 4 and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord , Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) 15 And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before…

The Purpose of Prayer 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. God wants to bring Healing 12 And it came to pass, when he was…

It can be a difficult time in the church these days. Can we honestly believe that God is still active (with declining attendance, diminishing resources, ... ) That is exactly what we're called to do, and remember the faith of the people who have gone before us.

How will I respond to God's promises? Patience!

Make a Choice Life is full of Choices What you do and say What you listen to What you eat and drink What you look at What Habits and or addictions you allow 19 “Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s…

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. AW Tozer If you can understand it, it’s not God. Augustine When you think about God, what is the picture in your mind? Three Key Truths about God You can gain a deeper sense of God’s love for you as a father that…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Open to Hebrews 11.32-40 ... Today we finish out chapter 11... In this final section the author gives us a generic grouping of examples to wrap up the point he has been trying to make since v. 1-2... We’ll look at these examples, not in too much detail, at least not like we have with the previous examples...…

As the 5th of the minor prophets, this book contains: four short chapters, 48 verses total, one each: colossal fish, reluctant prophet, and compassionate God, but lots of undeserving people. That is a lot of material for these few verses to cover. The content style of the book better resembles the narrative…

BEING EFFECTUAL IN PRAYER Look up two verses to start us out tonight: 1 Cor 16:9 ; James 5:16 Churches can run without prayer. Whole denominations can run without prayer. The question is: Is what they’re doing worth doing if they can do it without prayer? Ben Patterson Deepening Your Conversation with…

James 5:13-18 Focusing on 2 verses here. As James is speaking of prayer, effective prayer that God answers, he goes to Elijah. And then he says, Elijah is like us. So what does James mean. After all what we tend to remember about Elijah are things like calling down fire from heaven, raising the dead.…

Story of man who died and his brother pays off the pastor to say something good about his brother. Jezebel Baal Worshipper Kills the prophets of Yahweh Threatened Elijah Stole Naboth’s vineyard and had Naboth killed. Wife of King Ahab of Israel 25 (There was none who sold himself to do what was evil…