Follow Along with the Message

Ding Dong… Ditch?

Pastor Tony Myles

1 Kings 18:41-19:3

Doing great good doesn’t exempt you from .

When the doorbell rings, you can  or you can .

• Who or what’s been ringing your doorbell?

Your fear may not really be about the possibility of losing, but that you’re going to have to  (etc).

• How can we stand for God and His truth, and embrace His mission when everyone and everything around us is standing for anything and everything else but God and His truth?
• What if God wants to encourage and - you today?

1 Kings 19:1-18

v.1-3: The total journey by foot Elijah took at least . Similarly, our moments of subtraction usually involve .

v.4: Just like us, some of the greatest people in the Bible had moments of despair they couldn’t .

v.5-7: There are times when the most spiritual thing you can do is get some real   and … notice that God is  on this.

v.8: Spending a genuine moment with God doesn’t guarantee the next steps we take are  with God.

v.9: A cave is a natural place for an  of noise. Why there?

v.10: It’s always  why a servant of God may suffer… especially to a servant of God. Just because you aren’t seeing faithfulness doesn’t mean you’re .

v.11-13: When you’re going through chaos,  makes a sound… a “still small voice” that connects God’s  future peace to now.

v.14: It’s okay to not be okay… it’s just not okay to put it on .

v.15-18: When we let God speak, brokenness isn’t a . Our frustrations may be the pathway to another person’s .

God’s prescription for Elijah might be the same for us:

• Presence
• Provision
• Prompting
• Preparation
• Preaching

SO WHO'S GOT THIS IN YOUR LIFE?

• The  and  you lean into will determine the  you experience.
• Trials help you see if you believe what you say you believe. Faith is living like God is telling .
• Allow your problems to have an honest moment… so long as you  to have an honest moment.
• We all need a reminder and a revelation of God and what He’s actually doing beyond how we’re  it.

“What are you doing here, ____________________?

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