CALLENGES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

               IT IS NOT YET OVER

Topic: CALLENGES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

 By: PASTOR SAM ATEWE 

Text:1Kings 17:1-15


And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.  And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,  Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.  And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.  So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord : for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.  And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.  And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.  And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,  Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.  So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.  And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.  And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.  And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.  And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.  And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord , which he spake by Elijah. 1 Kings 17:1‭-‬16‬

Who says God is not good?
The problem you and I have is that we don't put into use what God has given unto us.
God knows all what you are doing behind closed door. So stop fulling  yourself.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm her to tell you that God  will meet all your needs.
It is true that things are difficult,  but don't give up.
 God can use anyone to meet your needs. God used Elijah to meet that woman's need.
DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE GOD IS STILL WORKING ON YOU.


EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT IT WAS OVER

(1) 1Kings19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.  And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.  But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord , take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.  And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.  And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.  And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 1 Kings 19:1‭-‬8

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are looking at challenges from different places.
I pray for you today that the Almighty God will fight any one that is against you.

(2) Luke5:1-5,35-36
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.  And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.  When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Luke 5:4‭-‬6‭, ‬8
Jesus gave them hope

(3) Genesis 18:1 The story of Abraham and Sarah.

(4) John11:1- ...,40
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.  (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)  Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.  When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.  Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.  Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.  Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:   And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:1‭-‬4‭, ‬21‭, ‬23‭-‬26
Keep on believing

THINGS ABOUT GOD
(1) Nothing is hiding from God.
 God knows everything. Hebrews 4:13, 1john 3:30
2) God still answers prayers. Psalms 50:15
3) God can solve all things. Luck1:37
4) God will not fail or forsake you. Joshua1:5
5) God do not discriminate any one Act 10
Psalms 132
Lamentations 3:23
What God expecte is to do

WHAT GOD EXPECT US TO DO
(1) You must continue to believe in God John 11:40
(2) By looking unto Jesus.
(3) Faith in God Hebrews 11:1 Romans4:18
Don't see yourself as a poor man. Dress well.
(4) Continue to confess positively. Always be optimistic.
(5) continue praising   and worshipping God. Romans4:18
(6) continue to pray to God.
1thessalonians 5:17
7) Continue in the word of the Lord.
8) Continue in HOLINESS.


It is well.