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.