Pastor Al

My Monday morning tradition has become to present an outline of my Sunday Sermon. Yesterday It was about reacting to tough situations with prayer rather than panic. Here is a brief outline:



2 Kings 6:13-17 13 "Go and find out where he is," the king commanded, "so I can send troops to seize him." And the report came back: "Elisha is at Dothan." 14 So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city. 15 When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. "Oh, sir, what will we do now?" the young man cried to Elisha. 16 "Don't be afraid!" Elisha told him. "For there are more on our side than on theirs!" 17 Then Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!" The LORD opened the young man's eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.

Surrounded by the enemy’s soldiers
Elisha’s response

He Prayed

Other examples of good response to tough situations:

Paul told Titus that Christians are peculiar in that they respond to life’s circumstances differently than non-Christians

Moses did not panic at the Red Sea

David did not Panic at the feet of Goliath

Daniel did not panic in the Lion’s den

Paul did not panic in Jail

Their secret:

Know God intimately
Know God's will thoroughly
Know how to act on God's will and do it.

The Ball is in your court.