June 19, 2022 - Steps Backwards in the Right Direction
Scripture Passage: 1 Kings 19:1-15
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Revised Common Lectionary
• 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a and Psalm 42 and 43
• Isaiah 65:1-9 and Psalm 22:19-28
• Galatians 3:23-29
• Luke 8:26-39
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Before We Read
The power of God
Elijah as witness
Not just once...
Slide 3
A Short Memory
3 "Elijah was afraid and ran for his life."
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Who Gets the Credit?
1 "Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done..."
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Running From His Problems
And from God?
3 "When he canme to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness."
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An Ironic Request
4 "He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord,' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.'"
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Are We That Different?
Forgetfulness (especially in this season)
Credit given/taken
Ready to give up.
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An Opposite Response
5 "...an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."
7 "The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you"
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An Unexpected Journey
8 "...he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night."
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The Expected 'Destination'
11 "The Lord said 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.'"
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How Do You Feel?
Weary and burdened?
One thing after another?
Not sure how to go on?
Fed for the journey?
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God's Response and Our Response
Food and rest
A 'tougher' journey
Trust in the ending
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Picture of a labyrinth
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The Presence of God
Continued Conversation
Expectations
Patience and Trust
Ultimate Security
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Picture of a desert stream
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Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalm 42 and 43 (x3)