HE'LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU (3 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-44
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Title: He'll Leave The Light On For You (3 of 4)
Series: Elisha: When Ordinary Faith Won't Do
Author: Scott Maze
Text: 2 Kings 4
Elisha shows us how to remain faithful during challenging times.
Several years ago, the people at Motel 6 had this catchy tagline on their commercials: "We'll leave the light on for you." Tom Bodett was building houses in Homer, Alaska, and was contributing to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. A Dallas ad agency executive heard him and hired him for the Motel 6 commercials because he sounded like the kind of guy who stays at a Motel 6!1 For around 35 years, Bodett ended up concluding his commercials with the phrase, "I'm Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we'll leave the light on for you." And our God always leaves His light for us even in the most troubling of times. Elisha's life is the story of God's bright light in the darkest of skies.
For the second Sunday in a row, I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 4.
Picture an aging high school quarterback if you will at his high school reunion. He's in his sixties and gathered around him are all his former teammates and their wives. And he's in his element, telling stories of former glory when he won the big game against their hated rivals with a last-minute touchdown pass. Now, if Elisha were to attend a high school reunion party, I think everyone would gather around him to relive THIS story. The time when the Lord used him to resurrect a much-loved son.
Second Kings 4 is a story of the resurrection of the son of the Shunammite woman by the prophet Elisha. Now, she is called the Shunammite woman because this is her town. It would be like me calling you the woman from Fort Worth.
Our story actually starts in 2 Kings 4:8, but we will pick up reading in verse 27. I'll fill you in on what you missed along the way.
Today's Scripture
"So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his s ...
Series: Elisha: When Ordinary Faith Won't Do
Author: Scott Maze
Text: 2 Kings 4
Elisha shows us how to remain faithful during challenging times.
Several years ago, the people at Motel 6 had this catchy tagline on their commercials: "We'll leave the light on for you." Tom Bodett was building houses in Homer, Alaska, and was contributing to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. A Dallas ad agency executive heard him and hired him for the Motel 6 commercials because he sounded like the kind of guy who stays at a Motel 6!1 For around 35 years, Bodett ended up concluding his commercials with the phrase, "I'm Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we'll leave the light on for you." And our God always leaves His light for us even in the most troubling of times. Elisha's life is the story of God's bright light in the darkest of skies.
For the second Sunday in a row, I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 4.
Picture an aging high school quarterback if you will at his high school reunion. He's in his sixties and gathered around him are all his former teammates and their wives. And he's in his element, telling stories of former glory when he won the big game against their hated rivals with a last-minute touchdown pass. Now, if Elisha were to attend a high school reunion party, I think everyone would gather around him to relive THIS story. The time when the Lord used him to resurrect a much-loved son.
Second Kings 4 is a story of the resurrection of the son of the Shunammite woman by the prophet Elisha. Now, she is called the Shunammite woman because this is her town. It would be like me calling you the woman from Fort Worth.
Our story actually starts in 2 Kings 4:8, but we will pick up reading in verse 27. I'll fill you in on what you missed along the way.
Today's Scripture
"So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his s ...
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