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May 13, 2020 8:00 am
Dr. Tony Evans says there's a cycle where God meets our need is watching me return. This is the alternative only ever popular speaker, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and president of the urban alternative we say we believe God provides for Dr. Evans knows how easily we can start doubting that winter circumstances take an unexpected turn.
But today, he'll tell us the story of a lady who learned an important lesson about trust during trials. What's join him like a job to discover the super natural context appears on the scene.
He appears in first Kings chapter 17 on the scene arise for us in chapter 16 verses starting to, and 30 3K has begun worshiping bail brings the rest of Israel to worship bail with him only washes belly washrooms male girlfriend asked this to bring fertility to Israel training.
All it said it provoked it upset that may look to my fee to meet their needs called on the job and he told Elijah. I want you to go and speak to the king and to the nation and he says the king as the Lord God of Israel lives before the last show, that shall be neither dew nor rain these years by my word. I got to tell you close note to know before day. All you you you will be a downturn in the economy.
Okay, who is your God now messing with mail can do can do now God's Israel idolatry because they were looking for bail and asked her to bring about utility, even in the land God going to your looking at to take care of you. I'm going to no longer provide because Raymond you made provisions and cultural so we remove the provision. Now the word of the Lord comes to Elijah in verse to say go away from here and just so the book of Sheriff which is in the Jordan shall be that you will drink on the brink and I have commanded the ravens to provide. First of all take care of you actually because that's going to stream down that water in your mouth you want to drink water in a dry season so that only you know about you as I break you away from the crown so I'm going to use provision of a brook for you on the way supernaturally because I called on the rate catering service to supply you food, morning and evening, Brad and me does call a sandwich to give you Brad and me morning and evening now that I know that you can drink from you see in chapter 14 verse 1114 God tells his people don't mess with the ravens. They are unclean birds. You want to bring the Bible you will send you the list purposes.
God put you in the place he wants you to be patient to get you where you want you to be God's provision ritual using right to address the need in your life but God is so God has to be on the we come to verse seven, it happened after a while that because there was no rain in the things went round.
See, just because God is providing today doesn't mean you can lose your job tomorrow. Sometimes things drive verse eight then the word of the Lord when will all come to him when things got out.
When God allows things in your life because he's moving you to a different provider shall location but you got to be close enough to word so God says to him as their rise verse nine belongs to Sidon and stay there, behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you. Okay I have problems with this. First of all, Arafat is bail bail. That was the center of bail worship is there inside so when you want to go work for company. With the constant everyday work for Corporation believing in you.
You want me to be an environment don't respect you want to go to the bail belt. That's what you want to go yeah Elijah, I want you to go to a widow and shoes.
Your provide okay, she's more broken me okay have.
She has no place to all people in the land office. Therefore, you will see how poor she is legally to somebody less than me when I have two help me God by sending you places you don't prefer to go because it doesn't make widow's down there last meal is coming widow and she will be your new provide. But he was close enough to God. He was voice so he arose as a man of faith, so you might want to listen to God and say amen got up he arose and went to sarafan and when he came to the gate of the city. Behold the woman was there gathering sticks and called out there and said please get me a little water damage that I may drink. She was going to get called and said please bring me a piece of bread about the printer. They always want more for granted, but she has the Lord your God lives in the bow and a little oil in the job and behold I'm gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may claim that I'm confused just read, God had commanded the woman God commanded the woman thank you so much commanded to me brings a warm water and bring some bread. Although bridge is just one more stuff okay. I will make a little something for me about last meal we could not have been commanded.
Elijah says to her in verse 13, so she scared land.
He says make me verse 13 a little bread cake from it first, and bring to me was, you may make one for yourself and for your printers go again made one for me.
First, this woman, her last meal.
This woman needs a miracle to push his plan on the last meal. So what do is to move in faith okay. She commanded me she was too scared to move in faith is what I need to do. I need you to make me my bread first then you take care of you and your son when you do this is what God's going to do. He says the Lord God of Israel says the bow shall not be exhausted until the day that the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth. The promise final meal shall be the preacher but the principal becoming single sample doctrines will come back in a moment to talk about her decision and what it accomplished when he continues this message from his current series. Elijah this six lesson CD collection focuses on the lessons we can learn from one of the Bible's greatest prophets about waiting for God's provision understanding his perfect timing. Living a life that matters. Overcoming fear and discouragement strengthening our faith and commitment, and more. Get a copy of this powerful message series on CD and digital download and the in-depth Bible study kit that goes along with the audio messages we are offering them all for a limited time is our gift when you make a contribution to support Tony's ministry so don't miss out visits today@tonyevans.org make your donation letter sent you the full length Elijah series messages and DVD Bible study kit again. That's Tony Evans.org or call us day or night at 1-800-800-3222, and one of our resource team members will help you. Dr. Evans will come back with more of today's lesson right after this Dr. Tony Evans says Christians have a habit of under using overlooking our most valuable spiritual resource connection with the Lord through art in a course on kingdom. Prayer Tony heaven's training center. You'll discover how God is why in the world to work like prayer and experience for yourself how it connects heaven with her and time with not only gain a new understanding and appreciation for prayer you'll actually pray in transforming ways ever experienced before. The course is intense work through at your own pace and get all the help online form and course custom content from Tony not available warehouse connect with the Tony Evans training center and Tony Evans.org. It's like having a seminary on your smart phone or other device. Start today Tony Evans or so. What do verse 15 so she went according to the word which was the word of the Lord. I pray the Lord tells what was done and she according to the word of the Lord. And what happened and she and her household ate for many days. The bow was not exhausted north of the job will become the word of which he spoke through Elijah so now let me give you the secret of your provision. Elijah we got to leave here because this is Rada I got a widow and no one noticed the mixing I got a little much but she will take you so you do what I told you go over there and you minister you create faith in her. And when you create faith in her shall take care you should take care of you out of obedience to me because you excited by what you may be returning to you.
You cannot be a miracle and save you are willing to be a miracle dispense. That's the problem with people, and only one of the blast, but don't want to be a blessing miracle want to deliver miracle don't want to deliver what they themselves needed. The boy miracle you want to receive. The Bible says in Proverbs 1125 water Ecclesiastes 1.
You must cast your bread you see it come back is a natural circle of God. When people move in concert with him. He involved her face viewing me to move in moving faith opens up.
And God blows your mind to somebody who makes less than you can feed you almost retired at the same time. You never know how God matches what you will never see three money could be a family confidence and stability?
Is your source. You should feel free right now because he was sure God is your source. Nobody know you nobody knows you, because you will never muscles you God is using right now, so you will is wonderful not to be a man one day was lost in the desert was blazing and soon die of thirst distance solution I can make. He looks over to the side of pump connected to a well Thompson Thompson pumps nothing is coming here on the side was a glass. The signs for use in this water to prime and then fill it up again for the next trap that he's on the whole of the do not take the risk. Based on the word that was written underneath the glass prime 129 water and just satisfy myself.
You may, I you can say, take what I have.
Whatever the category is user me as much and I can believe the word prime. He prime the pump. The pump gush with water and he lived for many days because he believed do you believe the word or you just come the church, one closing, that you don't want to miss, was something you would think you thinking as Old Testament is in the Old Testament only that worse today. I don't believe that principle applies the day so let me close by: you look for the first 24 when Jesus was rejected in his own hometown. He says truly I say to you know property is welcome in his own hometown. Talk about himself. But I say to you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. The skies were shut up for three years and six months when a great famine came over all the land and yet Elijah was sent to. None of them, but only because there are facts in the land of Sidon to a woman who was a widow's friend and only one miracle because it's one of the person just go home with trust. Jesus said one good Dr. ribbons will come back to ramp up today's program with some good news and an invitation for you in just a moment first.
So don't forget to get in touch with us and request his current six lesson teaching series called Elijah as I mentioned earlier, you can get the digital downloads right away, followed by the CD version and companion DVD Bible study kit. Also, thank you gift for your contribution to keep Tony's messages coming to you each day. But don't forget this offer is only available for a limited time, so make a point of visiting us today Tony heaven's.org make all the arrangements. Again, that's Tony Evans.org or call our 24 hour resource Center at 1-800-800-3222 and let one of our team members help you. That's 1-800-800-3222 what it feels like you have nothing left to give Dr. Evan says that one final investment may be exactly what it takes to turn everything around. Phil explained tomorrow as he talks about the difference between regular faith and living faith. But right now, as promised, here's Tony with an important invitation for you if you're not absolutely sure that you have received salvation that you're on your way to heaven. Let's get that straight right now. God offers you salvation is a free gift because of the sacrifice of his son.
And if you will come to Jesus Christ acknowledging your need for a Savior, because you recognize your sin.
Recognizing, you can't save yourself and appealing to Jesus to apply his death into your life. He will come and forgive your sins and give you eternal life right now simply say to the Lord.
I Norma seven I know I need a Savior. I'm believing in you alone to be my Savior. So I now accept your offer to give me eternal life and the forgiveness of sins. Thank you for the free salvation just the alternative with Dr. Tony is made possible by the generous