Made For TV…..BC Part 1 “Provision”

Made for TV…BC – Part 1

Provision

When people say the bible is _____________, you can be pretty sure they haven’t _____________ to read it.

The Bible has many of the same ______________ as a modern TV show or movie.

TV is meant to ______________ you.  The Bible is meant to _____________ you.

TV is meant to make you ______________.  The Bible is meant to help you ___________

TV is an _______________.  The Bible is an _______________.

1 Kings 17:1-16

Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath

Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

Will you ______________ to let God ________________?

In most cases God is going to _____________ whether you ___________ to Him or not, but if you ____________ Him out, you will ____________ His blessings.

Deciding to let God provide opens us up to experience God’s blessing in __________ lives and the lives of _______________.

  1. Have I ever allowed God to provide for me in ways that I ___________ were from Him?

Only God could _____________ food from ravens.

The town where Elijah goes is not a ________________ place.

Widows were the _____________ likely people to have extra resources to share, especially in a drought.

As the brook dries up, Elijah doesn’t ________________ or        ________________.

When we depend on God to provide, He gives us a______________ to tell that brings ______________ to Him.

  1. Has my trust in God for His provision impacted _____________ else?

God always ______________us to _____________ others. (vs 10-14)

So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

Who is being blessed by following your _______________         to trust God for His _________________?

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