FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES (4 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-27
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Title: Friends in Low Places (4 of 4)
Series: Elisha: When Ordinary Faith Won't Do
Author: Scott Maze
Text: 2 Kings 5
As fall is here, our church family is examining the life of Elisha. Elisha shows us how to remain faithful during challenging times. 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.
I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 5. Elisha's life would make for a great "airport read." When you string together all that Elisha does in his life, he's really impressive. Elisha helps the city of Jericho by curing their water supply (2 Kings 2:19-22). He takes on some young hooligans who insult him and have no respect for God (2 Kings 2:23-24). He advises kings on how to trap rains from flash floods to provide water for their armies (2 Kings 3:14-20).
God uses him to resurrect a woman's son and pay off the debts of a prophet's widow (2 Kings 4).
Again, if all his stories were packed together into one book, you'd pick it up at the airport bookstore where you'd read page after page before you even landed! Today, we will witness him insult Israel's enemy before God uses him to miraculously heal him. Elisha delays his entrance into today's story. And while his appearance is delayed, it's worth the wait.
Today's Scripture
"Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 2 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy." 4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel." 5 And the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a let ...
Series: Elisha: When Ordinary Faith Won't Do
Author: Scott Maze
Text: 2 Kings 5
As fall is here, our church family is examining the life of Elisha. Elisha shows us how to remain faithful during challenging times. 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.
I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 5. Elisha's life would make for a great "airport read." When you string together all that Elisha does in his life, he's really impressive. Elisha helps the city of Jericho by curing their water supply (2 Kings 2:19-22). He takes on some young hooligans who insult him and have no respect for God (2 Kings 2:23-24). He advises kings on how to trap rains from flash floods to provide water for their armies (2 Kings 3:14-20).
God uses him to resurrect a woman's son and pay off the debts of a prophet's widow (2 Kings 4).
Again, if all his stories were packed together into one book, you'd pick it up at the airport bookstore where you'd read page after page before you even landed! Today, we will witness him insult Israel's enemy before God uses him to miraculously heal him. Elisha delays his entrance into today's story. And while his appearance is delayed, it's worth the wait.
Today's Scripture
"Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 2 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy." 4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel." 5 And the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a let ...
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