Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

NOT ONLY DOES HE DO THINGS FOR GREAT PEOPLE, GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOWNTRODDEN

MOST OF OUR CHURCHES HAVE MINISTRIES THAT REACH OUT TO THE LESS FORTUNATE

IT IS BY THE COMPASSION AND LOVE OF OUR HEART THAT IS PLACED IN US BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE NOT SATISFIED TO BE BLESSED AND NOT SEE OTHERS AROUND US BEING BLESSED

WE HAVE A COMMANDMENT, COMMITMENT, AND MANDATE FROM GOD TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN UPON HARD TIMES

WHEN WE READ

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WHEN WE COME UPON THIS TEXT WE KNOW WHY ELISHA WOULD GO TO THIS WOMAN, SHE IS A GOOD WOMAN

SHE IS A GODLY WOMAN

DON’T JUDGE HER TOO HARSHLY ACCORDING TO HER CIRCUMSTANCES

HER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT A REFLECTION OF HER WALK WITH GOD OR HER FAITH IN GOD

HOWEVER, THESE DAYS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUDGE OTHERS BY THEIR SITUATIONS

BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE WOMAN HAD FAITH BUT STILL HAD A HARDSHIP

THE REASON FOR INCLUDING THE 8TH VERSE IS AS SOON AS HE FINISHES WITH THIS WOMAN WRESTLING WITH POVERTY AND OTHER ISSUES HE GOES TO THE SHUNEMITE WOMAN’S HOUSE WHO WEALTHY AND INFLUENTIAL ANDIS THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE FROM THE WOMAN IN THE DIFFICULTY

BUT, SHE STILL NEEDED A MOVE OF GOD BECAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN GOD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOUR MONEY CANNOT PAY FOR

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER NEEDED SOMETHING FROM GOD THAT YOU COULDN’T PAY FOR

IT IS AMAZING THE WAY THAT ELISHA STANDS IN BETWEEN THESE TWO WOMEN, ONE WHO BUILDS HIM A ROOM AND PUTS A BED, TABLE, AND CHAIR FOR HIM AND REGARDLESS OF THE VIRTUE THAT SHE POSSESSED, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SHE HAS NO CHILDREN

THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE, WHETHER YOU ARE OLD OR YOUNG, POOR OR WEALTHY, FAT OR SKINNY, WHITE, OR YELLOW-THERE IS ALWAYS A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE FOR CHRIST TO PERFORM A MIRACLE

IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS PLACE THAT NEEDS CHRIST TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING IN YOUR LIFE TONIGHT-MAKE SOME KIND OF NOISE

THERE IS A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS TEXT

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO ELISHA IS

ELISHA IS A YOUNG MAN WHO IS LIVING BENEATH HIS PRIVILEGE

WHO HAD A PLAN EXECUTED BY HIS PARENTS FOR HIS LIFE, BUT GOD INTERRUPTED MAN’S PLAN TO PERFORM HIS PLAN

WHEN WE MEET ELISHA, WE MEET HIM IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ELIJAH’S REBOUND FROM A STATE OF DEPRESSION

ELISHA IS PLOWING IN THE FIELD WITH THE 12 YOKE OF OXEN

YOU EXPECTED HIM TO PLOW IN THE FIELD

IT WAS HIS PARENT’S PROPERTY, HE WAS THE ONE WHO WOULD INHERIT THE PROPERTY

THEY WERE TRAINING HIM FOR A LIFE THAT HE NEVER GOT TO LIVE

GOD UPSET THEIR PLANS

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH, TELL HIM YOUR PLANS

HE WILL COME IN LIKE A FLOOD AND TURN YOUR WHOLE STRATEGY AROUND AND NOTHING TURNS OUT THE WAY THAT YOU WANTED IT, AND THEN GOD HAS THE HUMOR TO SAY-PRAISE ME NOW

ANYONE CAN PRAISE GOD WHEN LIFE TURNS OUT THE WAY THAT YOU EXPECTED IT TO TURN OUT

BUT YOU EXPRESS GREAT FAITH WHEN YOU CAN PRAISE GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF UNCERTAINTY

WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND WHEN THINGS ART NOT WORKING OUT THE WAY THAT YOU WANT THEM TO

IT TAKES GREAT FAITH TO WALK OUT THE PROMISE OF GOD IN THE MIDST OF CRITICISM FROM PEOPLE AROUND YOU

BUT ELISHA ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE

HE LEFT HIS PLOW AND HIS OXEN AND RAN AFTER THE MAN OF GOD

HE RAN AFTER ELIJAH BECAUSE HE HAD A SENSE THAT ELIJAH HAD SOMETHING IN HIS LIFE THAT HE NEEDED IN HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY TO BE COMPLETE

I’M SAYING IT NOW BECAUSE AT THE END OF ELIJAH’S LIFE, ELISHA RECEIVES A DOWNLOAD FROM ELIJAH’S LIFE

ELISHA WAS CATCHING ELIJAH’S MANTLE AND CATCHING A MANTLE FROM ANOTHER MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD IS LIKE RECEIVING SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE WHO IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN YOU

SOMETIMES GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN ANOINTING THAT IS OLDER THAN YOU

HE WILL GIVE YOU A GLORY THAT GOES BEYOND YOUR EXPERIENCE

HE WILL POUR YOU OUT SOMETHING THAT HE HAS USED BEFORE AND THEN RELEASED UNTO YOU AND YOU WILL WALK IN A GLORY THAT EXCEEDS YOUR YEARS

WE ARE COMING INTO AN ERA WHERE YOU WILL SEE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE ANOINTING THAT OLD PEOPLE HAVE

TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR, THERE IS SOMETHING ON ME

WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOU CAN GIVE

YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED

IN FACT YOU DON’T HAVE A SPIRIT OF GIVING UNTIL YOU LEARN HOW TO RECEIVE

HE HAS RECEIVED FROM ELIJAH AND GOD HAS ORDERED HIS STEPS TO COME INTO A SITUATION AND OPPORTUNITY IS USUALLY BORN IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF ADVERSITY

THAT’S WHY YOU CANNOT PRAY EVERY PROBLEM AWAY BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE A STAGE FOR THE PROMISE OF GOD TO MATERIALIZE IN YOUR LIFE

I KNOW THAT YOU DON’T LIKE THE PROBLEM-I KNOW YOU DON’T LIKE GOING THROUGH THAT SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE

BUT FOR THE PROMISE TO MANIFEST, THERE HAS TO BE A PROBLEM BY WHICH THE PROMISE CAN MANIFEST ON

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOST HORRIBLE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE, GOD IS SETTING YOU UP FOR THE GREATEST TESTIMONY IN YOUR LIFE

DON’T YOU WAIT UNTIL HE FULFILLS THE PROMISE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TROUBLE START PRAISING GOD CAUSE THE PROBLEM IS A SIGN THAT THE PROMISE IS ON THE WAY

STOP DESPISING WHERE YOU ARE

ENJOY WHERE YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW

WHEN GOD WANTS YOU HERE, NO DEVIL IN HELL CAN STOP WHAT HE WANTS

TELL SOMEONE, I AM A MIRACLE

NOW TELL THE DEVIL, I AM HERE AND YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

THAT’S THE JOY OF SUBMITTING YOUR LIFE INTO THE HANDS OF GOD

THAT’S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU

ISAIAH 54:

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT WAITING ON GOD, GOD IS WAITING ON YOU

MY DESIRE IS THAT BEFORE YOU EXIT THIS SERVICE, YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED EVERY PROMISE THAT GOD HAS BEEN WAITING ON YOU TO STEP INTO AND EVERY MIRACLE AND EVERY HEALING

THAT YOU WOULD DRIVE OUT EVERYTHING THAT IS STEALING THE JOY OF THE LORD

SO, THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO FAKE BEING HAPPY IN CHURCH, BUT THAT YOUR JOY WOULD BE SO FULL THAT YOU START PRAISING GOD IN OTHER LANGUAGES, AND THAT THE GLORY OF THE LORD WOULD BE IN YOUR CAR AND YOU WOULD NOT NEED ANYONE TO SING AND PLAY MUSIC BUT THAT YOU WOULD JUST WORSHIP BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU TO MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO HIM

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU BECAME SO HAPPY THAT YOU JUST STARTED MAKING UP SONGS

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THE WOMAN IN THE TEXT HAS A PROBLEM AND THE BIBLE TELLS A LITTLE ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED

SHE WASN’T ALWAYS LIKE THIS

SHE WAS THE WIFE OF A PROPHET

HER HUSBAND WAS ONE OF ELISHA’S MENTEES

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HER NEEDS WERE MET AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD WAS EVIDENT IN HER LIFE

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING

IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD OR EXPERIENCED THE GLORY THEN YOU DON’T MISS IT

AGAIN, SHE WASN’T ALWAYS LIKE THIS.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SHE WAS UP

HOW COULD YOU BE UP ONE MOMENT AND DOWN THE NEXT

SHE LOST HER COVERING

SHE SAID, MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, DON’T JUST PASS THAT BYE, BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR THE ENEMY TO ATTACK YOU HE HAS TO HAVE ACCESS

AND GRIEF IS A GOOD ENTRY PLACE FOR DEPRESSION

THE ENEMY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH SAD AND SORROWFUL SITUATIONS

IT IS NORMAL TO BE SAD WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE

BUT DON’T LET THE ENEMY USE IT AS AN ACCESS POINT TO GET YOU OUT OF NORMAL GRIEF AND INTO DEPRESSION

I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU 5 POINTS FOR THE CHANGE YOU NEED

PERSPECTIVE

PERSPECTIVE DETERMINES PROMISE

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE

SHE SAYS MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, MY MONEY IS GONE, AND MY BOYS ARE ABOUT TO BE TAKEN

ANYTIME THAT YOU SAY HI TO SOMEONE AND THEY START TELLING EVERYTHING GOING ON

THAT IS A SPIRIT OF DEPRESSION BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY HOW ARE YOU DOING, WE SAY FINE WHETHER WE ARE OR NOT

BUT WHEN GRIEF TURNS INTO DEPRESSION, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A DUMP SITE TO RELEASE THE OVERWHELMING FRUSTRATION THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON US FROM LIFE

SHE DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE

AN INFECTION HAS GOTTEN INTO HER PERSPECTIVE AND WHEN AN INFECTION GETS INTO YOUR PERSPECTIVE YOU CAN’T SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE

PERSPECTIVE DETERMINES PROMISE

YOU MUST REALIZE THROUGHOUT THIS STORY, ELISHA DOES NOT GIVE HER ANYTHING THAT SHE DOESN’T ALREADY HAVE

BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOWN, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING

IF YOU ARE HERE AND RIGHT NOW THE DEVIL IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING

THE LORD SENT YOU HERE SO THAT HE COULD TELL YOU THAT THE DEVIL IS A LIAR, YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING LEFT

I KNOW YOU LOST SOME THINGS, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME THINGS, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME SET BACKS, CRIED YOURSELF TO SLEEP SOMETIMES