DEPRESSED AND DISCOURAGED (8 OF 11)
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-8
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Depressed and Discouraged (8 of 11)
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 19:1-8
Our emotions often influence our thoughts and control our actions.
We act out how we feel by what we say and by what we do. That is why Paul wrote, ''In your anger do not sin'' (Ephesians 4:26).
Another emotion we experience is discouragement and
we can become discouraged for many different reasons:
1. Someone lets us down by not doing what they said they would.
2. Things don't turn out the way we had hoped they would.
3. Life is not fair and our good deeds are not recognized.
4. God's moral standards are being changed by society.
They call good evil and evil good (Isaiah 5:20).
The greater our expectations the greater our discouragement when things do not turn out we hoped. When we become discouraged we want to run away from the problem or just give up and quit.
Elijah had just showed the people Yahweh was the only true God and he may have felt that there would now be change in the nation.
His hopes were quickly smashed when his life was threatened by Jezebel after he had killed her 450 prophets of Baal.
LIFE THREATENED :1-3
Report :1
Ahab told Jezebel that Elijah had prayed to Yahweh and he had sent fire from heaven which burned up the sacrifice, wood, stones and the water in the trench (18:38). Then he also told her that he had killed the 450 prophets of Baal who she supported.
Threat :2
Jezebel - the queen who was the real power behind the throne.
She used her power as queen to get what she wanted and things happen the way she wanted. She possessed more than just physical beauty. She had the treachery of a tiger and the wiles of a serpent.
She not only established the worship of Baal as the state religion, but also killed the prophets of God (18:4). She takes an oath to have Elijah killed because he had her prophets killed. She wanted revenge and wanted it within the next 24 hours while she was still angry over what h ...
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 19:1-8
Our emotions often influence our thoughts and control our actions.
We act out how we feel by what we say and by what we do. That is why Paul wrote, ''In your anger do not sin'' (Ephesians 4:26).
Another emotion we experience is discouragement and
we can become discouraged for many different reasons:
1. Someone lets us down by not doing what they said they would.
2. Things don't turn out the way we had hoped they would.
3. Life is not fair and our good deeds are not recognized.
4. God's moral standards are being changed by society.
They call good evil and evil good (Isaiah 5:20).
The greater our expectations the greater our discouragement when things do not turn out we hoped. When we become discouraged we want to run away from the problem or just give up and quit.
Elijah had just showed the people Yahweh was the only true God and he may have felt that there would now be change in the nation.
His hopes were quickly smashed when his life was threatened by Jezebel after he had killed her 450 prophets of Baal.
LIFE THREATENED :1-3
Report :1
Ahab told Jezebel that Elijah had prayed to Yahweh and he had sent fire from heaven which burned up the sacrifice, wood, stones and the water in the trench (18:38). Then he also told her that he had killed the 450 prophets of Baal who she supported.
Threat :2
Jezebel - the queen who was the real power behind the throne.
She used her power as queen to get what she wanted and things happen the way she wanted. She possessed more than just physical beauty. She had the treachery of a tiger and the wiles of a serpent.
She not only established the worship of Baal as the state religion, but also killed the prophets of God (18:4). She takes an oath to have Elijah killed because he had her prophets killed. She wanted revenge and wanted it within the next 24 hours while she was still angry over what h ...
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