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RECOVERING YOUR LOST SPIRITUAL VITALITY
*Reconnecting With God*
*Part 1 of 4*
*Rick Warren*
*September 1-2, 2001*
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/“O God, do not be so distant from me.”/  Psalm 71:12 (LB)
 
The Miracle of the Floating Axe Head
 
 
/“One day the group of prophets that Elisha was in charge of complained to him, ‘The place where we live is too small!
Give us permission to go to the Jordan and cut down some trees, so we can build a place to live,’  ‘All right,’ Elisha answered...  When they arrived at the Jordan, they began to work.
As one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly his iron axe head fell in the water.
‘What shall I do, sir?’ he exclaimed to Elisha.
‘It was a borrowed axe!’  ‘Where did it fall?’
Elisha asked.
The man showed him the place, and Elisha cut off a stick, threw it in the water, and made the axe head float!
‘Take it out,’ he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up!”/  2 Kings 6:1-7 (GN)
 
 
WHEN YOU’VE LOST YOUR CUTTING EDGE...
 
 
1.
ADMIT ____________________________________________________________
 
       /“As one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly his iron axe head fell in the water.
What shall I do, sir?’ he exclaimed to Elisha.
‘It was a borrowed axe!’”/  2 Kings 6:5 (GN)
 
       /”The love you had at first is gone.
Remember how far you have fallen.
Return to Me and change the way you think and act, and do what you did at first.”/
Rev.
2:4-5 (GW)
 
       /“I had almost stopped believing: I had almost lost my faith.”/
Ps 73:2 (NCV)
 
 
2.
ACKNOWLEDGE  ________________________________________
 
/“Where did it fall in?’
Elisha asked.
The man showed him the exact place...”/
2 Kings 6:6a (GN)
 
Causes:
                                                ___ Distractions~/Busyness
                                                ___ Disobedience – not doing what you know God wants
                                                ___ Relying on your own power~/Pride
                                                ___ Carelessness~/Laziness
 
 
 
\\ 3.  EXPECT ____________________________________________________________
 
/“... so Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot.
The ax head floated to the top of the water.”
/2 Kings 6:6b (CEV)
 
            /“Humanly speaking, it is impossible.
But with God everything is possible.”/
Matt.
19:26 (NLT)
 
       /“The Lord says, ‘If you return to Me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve Me.’”/  Jer.
15:19 (NLT)
 
 
4.
REACH OUT ____________________________________________________________
 
       /“Now get it,’ Elisha told him.
And the prophet reached in/ /and grabbed it.”/
2 Kings 6:6b-7 (CEV)
 
       /“I long to be able to enter your courtyard and come near to the Living God.”/ 
Psalm 84:2 (Mes)
 
       /“Now bring us back to loving You, O Lord.”/  Psalm 85:4
 
       /“Give me back the joy of Your salvation.”
/ Ps.
51:12 (NCV)
 
 
/“My friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don’t write them off.
Go after them!
Get them back.”/
James 5:19 (CEV)
 
Who do I need to help reconnect with God this week?
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\\                            RECOVERING YOUR LOST SPIRITUAL VITALITY
*Reconnecting With God*
*Part 1 of  3*
*Week 1- September 10, 2006                          *1768 words
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This morning and for the next two Sundays we’re going to be looking at this passage It’s a mini-series that will take us up to Harvest Thanksgiving.
So, there are three parts to it and I intend to finish the final part by celebrating with informal communion at the end of the service so that if anyone would prefer to leave they can do so.
The title for the series is called “Reconnecting With God”.
So let’s make a start.
I’ve been a Christian for almost 20 years now and I’ve discovered that it’s very easy to fall into a spiritual slump.
You go through what I call the wilderness experience; spiritual dry spells.
Times when you don’t feel close to God, when your heart is cold, when you feel empty inside, when you think your prayers are kind of bouncing off the ceiling.
Every one of us go through these times when we feel disconnected with God.
We feel like David in Psalm 71 /“O God, do not be so distant from me.”/
We all go through these dry spells and we recognize that we’re not as close as we use to be to God.
When you’re going through a dry spell, when you’re going through a spiritual slump you don’t lose your salvation.
But you do lose the joy of it.
You lose the happiness.
You lose the peace.
You lose the confidence.
You lose the closeness that you felt to God.
And you feel kind of dry and empty and dusty inside.
One of the things that causes you to go through spiritual slumps is what I call getting into a spiritual rut.
That’s when everything in your life becomes predictable, even your spiritual life.
A routine replaces your relationship with God.
You do things.
You go to church because it’s time to go to church.
Whether you feel it or not you just do it.
You read your Bible because it’s the thing to do.
You end up getting in this rut where everything in your life is predictable.
You pray the same old prayers over and over.
The same prayer at meals every day.
Sometimes the routine of what we do means we become disconnected in our relationship with God.
What do you do when you feel disconnected with God?  What do you do when you’ve lost your spiritual vitality?
What do you do when you’ve lost your cutting edge?
The story we’ve just read together in 2 Kings 6, is the miracle of the lost axe head.
It’s a very bizarre story.
It has some spiritual truths that we want to look at.
Every miracle is a parable.
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