{"id":198,"date":"2018-11-07T11:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T19:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=198"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:40:41","slug":"when-your-brook-dries-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/when-your-brook-dries-up\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your Brook Dries Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Your Brook Dries Up<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nDon’t be alarmed by life’s difficulties and trials. God has a thousand ways to provide for\u00a0your needs, when\u00a0you trust yourself to His care.<\/p>\n

Text:<\/strong>\u00a01 Kings 17:1-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nStory of Indian family who went from riches to rags.\u00a0While living in the basement of a grain shed they found a pile of grain on the floor each morning that sustained them through hard times. The family later discovered that mouse had pushed the grains through a hole in the ceiling every night.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nPerhaps your good fortune has dried up in recent years \u2013 Examples.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nA grain of encouragement God is dropping down for you:\u00a0 DA 330:1 (last part)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nThere is a Bible story that identifies 6 secrets for survival when your brook dries up \u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
God Knows Where You Are: Verses 1-6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nElijah\u2019s confrontation with Ahab and threat to turn off the faucet on his pitiful storm god.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nJezebel\u2019s threat and Elijah\u2019s escape to Kerith Canyon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nThe harsh realities of life at Kerith.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nGod\u2019s benefits still came through in His protection plan for Elijah.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5.<\/td>\nWhen life is tough, God knows right where you are and he understands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n6.<\/td>\nVerse 7:\u00a0 The brook dried up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n7.<\/td>\nWhen your brook dries up . . . God is right there with you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n8.<\/td>\nStory of Jewish man in Nazi prison camp who was taunted with the question, \u201cWhere is your God?\u201d\u00a0 His answer\u2014\u201cRight here with me in the muck.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Be Prepared to Move Out of Your Comfort Zone: Verses 8-9<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nBy now Elijah had grown familiar and comfortable with life at Kerith and God told him to go live with a widow in Zarephath.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nDon\u2019t you just hate it when God does that to you?\u00a0 Examples.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nIt was a scary leap of faith for Elijah \u2013 He was on Jezebel\u2019s most wanted list and Zaraphath was a scary place to live.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nWhen God tells us to move out of our comfort zone, He\u2019s getting us ready for the next phase of our spiritual journey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5.<\/td>\nZig Zigler story of the biscuits that squatted to rise, but got caught in the squat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n6.<\/td>\nGod doesn\u2019t want us to get caught in the squat \u2013 He wants us to grow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do What God Says, Even When It Doesn’t Make Sense: Verse 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nElijah always did what God said, even when it didn\u2019t make sense.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nElijah\u2019s journey to Zaraphath was the hardest thing he had ever done, but he did it anyway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nObedience to God requires a radical kind of faith.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nStory of the man standing in the shell hole during the London blitzkrieg calling to his son to jump in and the son jumps even when he can\u2019t see his dad because he knew his dad could be trusted to catch him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5.<\/td>\nWhen our brook dries up and God says \u201cJump!\u201d, we will jump, because we know that God can be trusted to catch us.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner With Other People: Verses 10-11<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nElijah\u2019s arrival at Zarapheth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nThe challenges Elijah has to get past to ask the widow for help.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nWhen your brook dries up we need each other more than ever before.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nElijah needed this woman, and this woman needed Elijah.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Put Your Faith in the Promises of God: Verses 10-14<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nThe woman snaps and blurts out her dire situation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nElijah assures the woman that if she will share the dinner, God will provide.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nIt was a call to faith for both Elijah and the woman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nStory of the wounded Civil War soldier who couldn\u2019t eat and was given eggs to place under his pillow as a promise that some day he would be able to eat once again.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5.<\/td>\nAll of us need a nest of eggs\/promises of better days to come.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n6.<\/td>\nShare a half dozen Bible promises related to the way God will provide for us.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rejoice in the Rich Provision of God: Verses 15-16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nThe woman runs home and prepares the meal, then brings it to Elijah.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nThe woman finds a fresh supply of resources. For duration of famine she meets God in the kitchen three times a day and can be heard singing at the top of her lungs, \u201cPraise God form whom all biscuits flow!\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nWhen the tide turns and better days come your way, go to your knees and say, \u201cThank you Jesus for coming through for me.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appeal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nIt is still true:\u00a0\u00a0God has a thousand ways<\/em>\u00a0. . . (DA 330)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nTake the slip of paper in your bulletin, grab a pen and identify the dry brook in your life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nNow bring it forward\u00a0and leave it with God here in the basket and then we will pray together.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Submitted by Dan Martella. Better Sermons \u00a9 2005-2007. Click here for\u00a0usage guidelines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Your Brook Dries Up Don’t be alarmed by life’s difficulties and trials. God has a thousand ways to provide for\u00a0your needs, when\u00a0you trust yourself to His care. Text:\u00a01 Kings …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}