Giddy Up (6 of 7)
Series: Unwavering
Joey Rodgers
1 Kings 19:1-21
I recently read of a Psyche prof who had a class of freshmen from around the world. Knowing their differences, he thought he'd ask questions to help them appreciate their differences. He asked, ''What's the opposite of joy?'' A girl from China said, ''The opposite of joy is sadness.'' The prof said, ''You're right!'' He asked, ''What about depression?'' A guy from France said, ''The opposite of depression is elation!'' The prof said, ''Interesting!'' He asked, ''What's the opposite of peace?'' A guy from Brazil said, ''The opposite of peace is anxiety.'' The prof replied, ''Good.'' After a few more questions, he asked, ''What's the opposite of woe?'' A cowboy from TX said, ''That's easy... The opposite of woe is giddy up!
Okay... so that was cheesy bad! But it does bring us back to our series in the life of Elijah. If you're just joining us, we're (6) weeks deep into learning about how God affects His call in our lives.
As we've watched God move in/thru Elijah, we've seen how before God releases us for public service, He'll often take us into private (to our KR) to prune and prepare us for service. Then to make sure we've learned our lessons, He'll take us to our Zarephath to test us to see if those lessons have taken root - and if they have, He'll move us from the private back into the public to use us for His glory.
As we move forward in Elijah's story, today we're going to encounter the challenging side of God's call - the human condition. For while Elijah obviously was a great/humble prophet of God, he was also just a man. And like all people, he was subject to discouragement, defeat, discontent, despondency, and even depression when our life gets overloaded and out of sync.
Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets w/ the sword. So, Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, ''May the gods deal w/ me, be it ever so severely, if by ...
Series: Unwavering
Joey Rodgers
1 Kings 19:1-21
I recently read of a Psyche prof who had a class of freshmen from around the world. Knowing their differences, he thought he'd ask questions to help them appreciate their differences. He asked, ''What's the opposite of joy?'' A girl from China said, ''The opposite of joy is sadness.'' The prof said, ''You're right!'' He asked, ''What about depression?'' A guy from France said, ''The opposite of depression is elation!'' The prof said, ''Interesting!'' He asked, ''What's the opposite of peace?'' A guy from Brazil said, ''The opposite of peace is anxiety.'' The prof replied, ''Good.'' After a few more questions, he asked, ''What's the opposite of woe?'' A cowboy from TX said, ''That's easy... The opposite of woe is giddy up!
Okay... so that was cheesy bad! But it does bring us back to our series in the life of Elijah. If you're just joining us, we're (6) weeks deep into learning about how God affects His call in our lives.
As we've watched God move in/thru Elijah, we've seen how before God releases us for public service, He'll often take us into private (to our KR) to prune and prepare us for service. Then to make sure we've learned our lessons, He'll take us to our Zarephath to test us to see if those lessons have taken root - and if they have, He'll move us from the private back into the public to use us for His glory.
As we move forward in Elijah's story, today we're going to encounter the challenging side of God's call - the human condition. For while Elijah obviously was a great/humble prophet of God, he was also just a man. And like all people, he was subject to discouragement, defeat, discontent, despondency, and even depression when our life gets overloaded and out of sync.
Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets w/ the sword. So, Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, ''May the gods deal w/ me, be it ever so severely, if by ...
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