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Shadows Part 7

Shadows part 7: Step Up

Main Passage: 2 Kings 9&10

Picking from last week : Fighting Jezebel

- One Way: Trust in the lord only

- How Elijah fought it. ( Prov . 29:25; 3:5)

The Other Way: Fight with the Lord's boldness

- this is how Jehu fought it. (2 Kings 9:30-37)

Jumping back to the beginning for Jehu

It began with his Anointing:

to dedicate tot e service of God.

The three stages Jehu went though

       Receive anointing and call from God (2 Kings 9:1-10)

       Accepting His anointing ( 2 Kings 9:11-13)

       Walked in the anointing and calling that you were given (2 Kings 9:14-29; 10:1-10:28)

             To truly walk in the anointing of God Jehu had to clean house.

Quick Point: no matter how tough the opponent seems in your path, you can fight and conquer it with the help of the Lord.

Two influences in this process for Jehu:

-He was from Royal line ( Jehu son of Jehoshaphat )

-He had good people around him to encourage him

Final Point: We study history not only to make the mistake of the past but also to continue in the success of the past.

Beautiful, Beautiful

Beautiful, Beautiful
Pastor Jen Rayle

Beautiful—pleasurably exalts mind or spirit, gives pleasure to the senses, befitting (appropriate, seemly, proper decent) or Comely (having a pleasing appearance not homely or plain)  Seemly (good looking handsome agreeably fashioned, attractive suited to the occasion

Esther 2:12

¹² Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.

Isa 52:7 and Romans 10:15

         “Beautiful are the feet” 

Ever wonder why the feet?  I do.  What is so beautiful about the feet?

1 Sam 16:7

         “but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Here we have the heart that Christ looks at to determine our beauty.

1 Peter 3:3-4

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

Col 3:12

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Gal 5:22-23

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

What is our Beauty Treatment? 

• Love—agape, strong affection for another arising out of kinship; warm attachment or devotion; unselfish loyal and benevolent; concern for the good of another; a score of zero
• Joy—the emotion evoked by well-being success or good fortune; or by the prospect of possessing what one desires; a source or cause of delight
• Peace—A state of tranquility or quiet; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions
• Patience—bearing pains or trials without complaint; the refraining from the enforcement of something that is due to you like debt which is Forbearance; steadfast despite opposition, difficult adversity;
• Gentleness—mildness of manners or disposition, meekness
• Kindness—moral goodness, integrity; to be kind= of sympathetic or helpful nature, of a forbearing nature; to give pleasure or relief; benign with a gentle disposition
• Goodness—uprightness of heart and life; the nutritious, flavorful, or beneficial part of something; of favorable character or tendency; virtuous, right, commendable
• Faithfulness—steadfast in affection or allegiance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty; conviction of the truth of anything , belief; firm belief in something in which there is no proof.  Which is the Shield…why the shield?
• Self-control—virtue of one who masters his desires and passions; restrained exercised over one’s own impulse, emotions or desires.

Shadows of the Past Part 3a: Aftermath

PART 3A: AFTERMATH

Elijah Flees to Horeb

1 Kings 19:1-9 NIV

Lesson #1

Many times after we do great things for God we find ourself heavily attacked.

The Lord Appears to Elijah

1 Kings 19:10-18 NIV

Lesson #2

Many times we miss God because we are listening for the wrong things!

Shadows of the Past Part 6: Won't Back Down

The Spirit of Jezebel

Intro Stories: 1 Kings 19:1-4; 21:5-10

This Spirit brings two things with it
   Death
   Deception

Three areas of our life that it affects
   Mind
   Social Life
   Relationship with God

How to Figth It
Turst in the Lord always (pro. 29:25; 3:5)

Final Point
The devil is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8-9) 

Shadows of the Past Part 4: The Motions

The Path to Spiritual Complacency

Don’t _____________________ follow God’s in instructions.

1 Kings 20:13-34; 38-43

______________ yourself for evil

1 Kings 21:1-29

______________ up on God’s word

     1 Kings 22:1-28

Spiritual ___________________

     1 Kings 22:29-40

 The Motions

I don’t wanna go through the motions


I don’t wanna go one more day


Without Your all consuming passion inside of me


I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking


What if I had given everything?


Instead of going through the motions

Final Point

Are you going through the motions?

Many times we find ourselves just going through the motions. Which in turn will lead us to a spiritual complacency. This will end in a spiritual death for us if we don’t do something.

Shadows of the Past Part 3b: Send the Fire

How are we like the alter

 o   We have been destroyed by the world and rebuilt by God.

 o   We have a firm foundation in the word of the Lord

 o   God has placed a trench around us to get the most out of our fire

 o   We have to have the "fuel" to keep the fire going

 o   We have to sacrifice things in our life to continue the fire

 o   At times in our life we are drenched by the world

Four things about fire

ú  Provide ____________ and warmth

ú  Provide a source to ___________

ú  Prevents __________________ from attacking

ú  _______________ (water, gold, etc)

Final Point: matthew 4:14-16

God has called us to be full of his fire so that this world can see and experience Him.

Shadows of the Past Part 5: Carry the Baton

The Spirit of Elisha

The main trait of Elisha: commitment

*2 kings 2:1-18 (Elijah leaves)

Two people that Elisha was committed to:

Elijah (His teacher)

God (his Lord)

Through out the history of Elisha we can see him living out what Elijah stood for and that is the will and for the things of God (john 14:12)

We are called to do great things! But how?

Trust God has your back

2 kings 6:8-20 (blind Armenian)

Always follow God even when it does make sense

2 kings 4:1-17 (widows oil)

Take what you have learned and put it to use

2 kings 4:18-37 (shunammite's son)

Final Point

John 14:12

Jesus has called us to do great things! We must take what we have learned from our leaders and mentors and ________________ it.

Shadows of the Past Part 2

This Week: What we can do when we trust in God

  ·      1 Kings 17:1 (Elijah Announces a Great Drought)

  ·      1 Kings 17:2-6 (Elijah Fed by Ravens)

   o   He listen to God and truly trusted that he would provide

  ·      1 Kings 17:7-24 (Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath)

   o   Two Sides to the story

    o   The Widow:

   §  Trusted in the man of God

   §  Something bad happens

   §  God intervenes

    o   Elijah:

   §  Follows God advice

   §  Something bad happens

   §  Ask God to intervene

  o   When he says God will do something he does it

  o   When we walk in anointing we can intercede on behalf of others and see God move.

   ·      1 Kings 18:1-15 (Elijah and Obadiah)

 ·      1 Kings 18:16-45 (Elijah on Mount Carmel)

  o   When we have God’s strength we can stand up even when the odds seemed to be against us.

Final Point: Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength

Shadows of the Past Part 1

Overview of this Series: Main Players

   ·      Elijah (1 Kings 17- I Kings 19)

   o   2 Parts

   §  What we can do when we trust in God

   §  Facing Our Biggest Fears

   ·      Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-34)

   o   What happens when we stay complacent

   ·      Elisha

   o   How to take what our leaders teach us and carry it on

   ·      Jezebel

   o   The power of the spirit of control

   ·      Jehu

   o   What happens when we are anointed by God

This Week: Generational Curses

   ·      Starting Point: Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

   o   1 Kings 11:26-40

   o   Verse 20 of 1 Kings 12 becomes Kings of Israel

   o   1 Kings 12:25-33 Makes Golden Idols

   o   1 Kings 14:1-20 Death of His Son

   ·      Rehoboam

   o   1 Kings 12:1-24

   o   Loses the Kingdom to due to poor counsel and is only left with Judah and Benjamin

   o   1 Kings 14:21-31 His Kingship

   §  Did worst things than Solomon

   §  high places, sacred stones, Asherah poles

 ·      Abijah (Judah)

   o   1 Kings 15:1-8 His Kingship

   o   Verse 3: Was not fully devoted to the Lord

   ·      Asa (Judah)

   o   1 Kings 15:9-24 His Kingship

   o   Did what was right in the eyes of the Lord

   o   Verse 14: Didn’t remove the high places

   ·      Nadab (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 15:25-32 His Kingship

   o   Did evil things like his dad

   ·      Baasha (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 15:33-34 His Kingship

   o   Did evil things

   ·      Elah (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 16:8-14 His Kingship

   o   Did Evil

  ·      Zimri (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 16:15-20 His Kingship

   o   Did Evil

  ·      Omri (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 16:21-28 His Kingship

   o   Verse 25: Did even more evil

  ·      Ahab (Israel)

   o   1 Kings 16:29

Generational Curses

·      Three Things I Have Learn

                              1.     Recognize the curse

                              2.     Make the choice to change

                              3.     Renounce It

Final Point

·      Are you willing to break the curse and walk in freedom?

Restore Part 6: I Have Decided

Series Points

•The core of the gospel, the God of the universe is in the business of restoration.

•He takes everything that is scared and damaged and restores it back to how it should be.

Main Question

Have you decided to follow Jesus? And if you have decided to follow Jesus have you declared that.

Mark 8:31-38
Over and over again in scriptures Jesus says follow me to many different types of people.

Following Jesus is a totally different things…

·      It means that we worship Him

·      That we will obey Him

·      That we will go where he tells us to go

·      That we will do what he tells us to do

·      That we are willing to deny our self and remove our self from the center of our universe and put God in the center of our universe

·      That we will take up our cross, willing to do whatever it takes whenever it is needed.

When you decided to follow Jesus, all of heaven stopped and had a _________.

1^st Step: _____________________

·      Declaration of what Jesus has done for you

o   Declaration of what Jesus has done in you.

o   To Submerge (Greek Baptize)

·      Reenacted, the death, the burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

Final Point:

Throughout our life we have to make a _______ to _______ decision to follow Jesus and during your journey with Him you will find yourself joining His cause to Restoration.  

Restore Part 5: Restoring from within

Big Idea: You and I are supposed to be restorers

Restorers: someone who envisions the world as it was meant to be and works towards that vision partnering with God.

·      It’s not all going to be restore before God comes back, that is when it will be completely restore.

Quiz

·      1-9 with one question: four things that you can do to be a restorer?

Four  Possible four answers

o   Answer #6: be willing to believe broken parts of your life and this world can be restored

o   Answer #7: don’t separate into Christian subcultures

o   Answer #8: Instead of being offended by culture, but be provoked by it in a healthily way.

o   Answer #9: Thinking  of your vocation not as a barrier on God’s call on your life but as an opportunity.

Five Things

·      We have to pay attention to and have to do before we touch 6-9

Gabe Lyons, “no matter how progressive your approach is to your faith, we are all susceptible to stumbling.” There are things that cause us to get off track and if we assume we are ready to go into the grittiest of places and we are immune to falling, then we are blind and we are lost. Everybody is susceptible to temptations and the appealing nature to what the world has to offer but as restorers and we’re not disciplined in that approached we risk sacrificing the greater work that God may want to accomplish though us.

Mesillat Yeshiram, path of the just (Jewish pub)

·      If a man is allured by the things of this world and is estranged to his creator, it is not he alone who is corrupted but the whole world is corrupted with him.

Romans 12:1-2

Things to allow us to stay anchored/ stay grounded to God.

  ·   Read and enjoy the bible

    o   When was the last you woke and was excited to dive into scripture for the day?

    o   How am I approaching the word of God as a person?

    o   How do I handle it?

    o   What is it about scripture that is going to get your excited about it again.

    o   Tips to do this

    §  Don’t be afraid to read/ compare different translations.

    §  2 Timothy 3:16

  ·   Stop Being Productive

    o   How many of you have regretted not getting everything done this week?

    o   Move into our lives the idea of the Sabbath

    o   Moved with intention with replenish our soul so we the energy to finish.

    o   Having sometime , a day, half a day, or significant time where you are not required to be your   job or you.

  ·   Fast for Simplicity

    o   Reminds us of our dependence on God

    o   Confirming that we need more God and less of the other stuff.

 ·   Be Fully Present

   o   Being embodied

   o   We become divided people

   o   To be fully present in conversation and life

  ·   Prayer

   o   Gabe Lyones, “Prayer should humble us and posture us, puts us in the posture of understanding  any power we have to get by in life comes from our connection with God. And the work he is doing through the spirit in our live

   o   1 these 5:17 never stop praying

   o   Inviting God into how you are living.

   o   Story of Daniel 1:11-17

   §  If it worked he would be in a better position to show how to live.

   §  Counted on his faith incepting with God’s faithfulness.

When we practice these five things then we have a better chance of intercepting with God’s faithfulness.