Sermon Tone Analysis

1. Story of Namaan

a. Who is Naaman

a. Who is Naaman

c. Namaan went to the king of Israel

d.

The Kings reaction

e. Enter Elisha

2. Namaans Problem

a.

He want it done his way.

He has a pre-conceived idea how it should be done

b.

He had picked out the HOW, the WHERE, & the WHEN of his healing.

of his healing.

c.

The problem was that GOD’S WAY required Naaman to give up control of the situation and have FAITH.

give up control of the situation and have FAITH.

3. Teach us your Way!

a.

The Nature of God’s Way

God’s way is perfect (2 Sam.

22:31; Ps. 18:30); the ways of the Lord are right (Hos.

14:9); your way is holy (Ps.

77:13); just and true are your ways (Rev.

15:3); all his works are true and his ways are just (Dan.

4:37); all the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth (Ps.

25:10); righteousness will make his footsteps a way (Ps.

85:13); my ways are not your ways (Isa.

55:8); my ways are right but yours are not (Ezek.

18:25; Ezek.

18:29); as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are God’s ways than our ways (Isa.

55:9); how unsearchable are his judgements, how unfathomable his ways!

(Rom.

11:33); his ways are everlasting (Hab.

3:6); your way was through the sea (Ps.

77:19);

God's ways always work.

You can prove His ways by putting them to the

test.

-God's ways will always stand the test.

-If we will believe and obey what God says for us to do, we will eat the fruit of all He has promised.

-If we refuse to believe and obey, we will eat the fruit of our own way.

I have experienced both and I can tell you that His fruit tastes so much sweeter.

2. We need to know that as we learn the ways of God, divine precepts and principles of a heavenly origin are being brought into our lives.

To our great joy, we discover that those precepts and principles are workable in the 'here and now' where they are needed and not in 'the sky when I die.' It's to the point that we receive, believe and obey them that we will find ourselves....

- Enjoying peace - where there is no peace.

- Enjoying joy - where there is no joy.

- Enjoying direction - where there is confusion all around us.

- Having deep, growing relationships - where so many around us are being polarized.

- Seeing our families being drawn together - where others are disintegrating.

- Becoming at peace in our heart - coming together on the inside - when everyone else seems to be flying apart.

Five reasons why we need to learn God's ways.

1.

Our ignorance of his ways requires it of us.