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Prayer
Hymn: I’ve Got a River of Life/Jesus Set Me Free
Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 8:18 And you shall remember
the Lord your God, for it
is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His
covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Lesson: Steps to a Miracle
Pastor remarks and intro of first principle
First Principle: God uses what we
have to help us get what we need.
Scripture Reference: 2 Kings 4:2 So Elisha said to
her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she
said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
God
most often uses a seed to meet a need.
In
order for a little seed to meet a big need, it must be planted.
Many
times we measure our wealth by weighing our seed instead of seeing the
potential harvest it could create.
Don’t
eat your seed.
Question: What do you have
that God could use to meet your need?
Follow Up Question: What are some other instances
in the Bible where God used what someone had to provide what they needed?
Conclusion: God has more faith
in us than we have in Him and He has greater respect for the little we have because
He knows that little is much in the hand of God. When we offer the little we
have to God, He can meet our every need.
Pastor remarks and intro of second principle
Second Principle: Sometimes things
don’t work because they won’t work for anybody but you.
Scripture Reference: 2 Kings 4:5 So she went from him and shut the door
behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.
It
is important that we keep our hand on our miracle.
Some
things can be delegated and some things cannot.
If
anyone but this woman would have attempted to pour from that vessel, it would
have emptied.
It
was her word, her oil, her miracle, and therefore, her responsibility.
Question: Why do you think God
requires us to keep our hand on our miracle?
Follow Up Question: Can you think of other
stories from the Bible when God required someone to participate in their
miracle?
Conclusion: When God decides to
do a miracle to meet a need, He chooses someone through whom He wants to work.
His choices are final … even when He chooses to work through you. Therefore,
some things don’t work because they won’t work for anybody but you. Can you
think of something God has asked you to do? Perhaps it is as simple as
witnessing or providing some small assistance in a critical time. God works
miracles but He works them through us.
Pastor remarks and intro of third principle
Third Principle: Don’t limit your
miracle.
Scripture
Reference: 2 Kings 4:6 Now it came to pass, when the
vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he
said to her, “There is not
another vessel.” So the oil ceased.
The
prophet Elisha told the woman to not borrow a few vessels.
Her
harvest was dependent upon her expectation of the harvest.
The
miracle ceased when she ran out of empty vessels.
There
is such potential in an empty vessel.
Question: What are some ways
we can limit the Holy one of Israel and thus limit our miracle?
Follow Up Question: What are some ways we can
construct our lives to ensure that we never limit God?
Conclusion: God demands that we
participate in our miracles and when we cannot or will not continue the
miracles are limited. Just like the farmer who only sows a few seeds … even
with a one hundred fold harvest, he is still limited by his unwillingness or
inability to have sown more. For the Bible says with the same measure which you
have given, it shall be given to you again. Do your best, when it is within
your power, to be generous and sow your seeds abundantly.
Pastor closing remarks
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Connect Cards;
Offering and Prayer
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Memory Verse
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Pre-Praise &
Worship Prayer
will be hosted in the Sanctuary Studio. Worship will begin in just a few
minutes.
