Sermon Tone Analysis

Faithfulness

How faithful are you willing to be for God to use you?

How much faith do you have in God when you don’t understand?

How much faith do you have in God to do what looks impossible?

These few passages are not about Elijah, but about an unlikely woman.

Why?

She had a burden on her heart

states she was a widow.

A woman whose heart that was broken with sorrow.

A woman who knew grief.

A woman that lost the love of her life.

A woman whose heart that was broken with sorrow.

A woman who knew grief.

A woman that lost the love of her life.

2.

She had a child to care for

Evidently, her husband had died when the child was young.

She had a great responsibility that was too great for her.

She had no Social Security; no one to help her, and could not put food on the table.

3.

She had nothing in the cupboards

Verse 12 shows that she had a handful of flour and a little oil.

There was nothing else in the kitchen.

Have you ever been there?

I have.

There was days growing up that we had maybe a few pieces of bologna to share or some bread that we put sugar on it for taste.

An unusual woman—I don’t believe that you would have chosen her, that I would have chosen her, to do some special work for the Lord; but I want you to know that God often chooses someone who’s burdened down with a load of care.

I want you to know that God often chooses someone who is poverty-stricken.

I want you to know that God often chooses someone who is laden with responsibilities

An unusual woman- One that I believe you or I would not have chosen to do the work of the Lord.

But God often chooses someone who’s burdened down, poverty stricken, someone who is laden with responsibilities.

Why?

To show His glory.

1 corinthians 1:26-27

God does use wise people, He does use millionaires, He does use beauty queens.

But many times He uses the less desirable, those that we don’t see as important too reveal Himself.

God does use wise people, He does use millionaires, He does use beauty queens.

But many times He uses the less desirable, those that we don’t see as important too reveal Himself.

But here is the work the Lord commands

Here is a woman that was in great poverty; to the point of starvation and this preacher comes along.

If we didn’t believe God told Elijah to do this, we would hate him for what he did.

We would have said he was the most selfish, egotistical, self centered preacher ever.

She is about to die of poverty and here is what Elijah says

You go ahead and do what you said, but bring me something first.

But this was the Lord leading Elijah because he wanted to show this woman something and us.

First, He asks for her poverty

He didn’t ask for her riches, He asked for her poverty.

Many times we if I had a million dollars what I could do for the Lord.

But the reality is what are you doing for the Lord with what you have now?

God doesn’t ask for what you don’t have.

He knows what you have.

What do you have that you can give to Him? Financial, Time, Yourself.

Second, He asks for her priority

Looking at again, he tells the woman to “Make me first a little cake”.

ME FIRST!!

The Lord is saying that in everything I must be first.

God does not settle for second place.

He wants your First Fruits, First Thoughts of Everyday, and the First day of each week.

Adrian Rogers states, “The first thing when my eyes open- I say Good morning Lord.

I yield my heart to you.”

Last, He gave her His promise

If we are obedient with what He asks then He will hold to His promise.

If you give God everything you have, then God turns around and gives back to you everything that He has.-

Adrian Rogers

It starts with giving Him your life.

If you have not given your life to Him, then start now.