FAITH TO ACT (4 OF 11)
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:17-24
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Faith to Act (4 of 11)
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 17:17-24
Ask most people about dying or heaven and you get amazing answers, especially from children. Alan who was 7 years-old
said, ''God doesn't tell you when you are going to die because
he wants it to be a big surprise.'' There are times when death
is a surprise which results in shock and emotional grief.
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for her 1969 book
On Death and Dying in which she theorized there are five stages
which terminally ill people go through when facing death and which those who lose a loved one also experience.
They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Usually they occur in that order, but not always because the circumstances for every death is different. Some people die suddenly and unexpectedly while others are sick over a period
of time so you come to terms with the fact that they will die.
No matter how a loved one dies their death affects you emotionally
which is seen in tears, words and sometimes anger wishing there was something we could have done so they wouldn't have died.
It is natural to blame yourself or someone else for their death.
MOTHER'S CRISIS :17-18
Death :17
After some time the woman's son became ill and as time went on instead of getting better he continued to get worse until he died.
He was a child as Elijah carries him in his arms upstairs (:19,21).
Her husband had died and this was her only son who was the joy
of her life in the midst of her poverty and now he was gone.
Life had been hard and now it would be even harder without
the one person who she deeply loved with all her heart.
Certainly this was not fair. She had trusted God's promise that Elijah had made (:14) and she had a servant's heart to take Elijah into her house to provide for his needs. What more could she have done than to have trusted and obeyed God.
Application
1. If we think that trusting and obeying ...
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 17:17-24
Ask most people about dying or heaven and you get amazing answers, especially from children. Alan who was 7 years-old
said, ''God doesn't tell you when you are going to die because
he wants it to be a big surprise.'' There are times when death
is a surprise which results in shock and emotional grief.
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for her 1969 book
On Death and Dying in which she theorized there are five stages
which terminally ill people go through when facing death and which those who lose a loved one also experience.
They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Usually they occur in that order, but not always because the circumstances for every death is different. Some people die suddenly and unexpectedly while others are sick over a period
of time so you come to terms with the fact that they will die.
No matter how a loved one dies their death affects you emotionally
which is seen in tears, words and sometimes anger wishing there was something we could have done so they wouldn't have died.
It is natural to blame yourself or someone else for their death.
MOTHER'S CRISIS :17-18
Death :17
After some time the woman's son became ill and as time went on instead of getting better he continued to get worse until he died.
He was a child as Elijah carries him in his arms upstairs (:19,21).
Her husband had died and this was her only son who was the joy
of her life in the midst of her poverty and now he was gone.
Life had been hard and now it would be even harder without
the one person who she deeply loved with all her heart.
Certainly this was not fair. She had trusted God's promise that Elijah had made (:14) and she had a servant's heart to take Elijah into her house to provide for his needs. What more could she have done than to have trusted and obeyed God.
Application
1. If we think that trusting and obeying ...
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