“Make Overs With Leftovers”
Learning To Live On What’s Left
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Dr. Derrick L. Miles, Pastor
What’s In Your Cabinets?
4 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming bto take my two sons to be his slaves.” 2 So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; cdo not gather just a few. 4 And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.” 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. 6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
- When you take a ___________________of what you have left, it might just surprise you.
2. When she said ___________________ she discounted what was left.
3. She followed the direction of the___________________.
4. It was in her___________________ that she discovered God’s addition.
5. This woman, like many of us, lives have been laced with ___________________.
6. Be careful how you ___________________ leftovers. (Bread to bread pudding, rice to rice pudding, chicken to smothered chicken, pulled chicken…)
7. This story speaks of a time where there was political and
___________________disarray going on. It could be considered a recession.
8. As with this woman she could not pay her ___________________.
9. When this woman cried out, God sent the prophet to be
the___________________to her prayer.
10. If I am to learn how to live on what’s left, I can never be
___________________to cry out to God.
11. It takes___________________to take off your masks.
12. There are many people who love to___________________but don’t know how to receive.
13. When we___________________to be transparent and share our dilemmas with others, often we are left in our miserable situations.
14. As you prepare for your ___________________, don’t be afraid to ask for help.
15. Even when God doesn’t make sense to you, He makes ___________________.
16. What seems little to you, is a___________________ in waiting.
17. To get to the next level, I have to trust the ___________________ (Go borrow, as many as you can, come back, close the door and watch the flow.)
18. Be careful on being ___________________! When the oil stopped she didn’t beg for more.
19. When things start ___________________around don’t forget how you got where you were. She went back to the prophet.
20. “Step by step my path unfolds; my Lord ___________________my way.” Barbara C. Ryberg