Bread and Naps

-- SUNDAY'S NOTES --

1 Kings 19:1

Elijah burned the candle on all ends and here we find him:

1. Elijah was fearful (emotional unrest)

2. Elijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion)

3. Elijah was famished (physical depletion)

Elijah was fearful (emotions)_________________________________________ 1 Kings 19:1

Priscilla Shirer - “We give our feelings too much power. Feelings are not the engine, they’re the caboose, they’ll catch up. All feelings can do is feel. They don’t think, they don’t have intellect. They’re not that smart”

THT When we learn to amplify God’s words over anxious what-ifs and worries, we gain strength for the journey.

Does it feel like too much? Could some of the fear we experience be because we are putting ourselves in too prominent a position?

He didn’t address every worry - he showed up with who He is

Jehovah Jireh - Provider

THT God’s provision for fear: perfect love, protection, promise of presence

Elijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion)___________________________ 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep

THT We aren’t designed to be self-sufficient when suffering and running from God doesn’t make you feel rested.

An encounter with the Lord can revive your heart when faith is hard to find! 3

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Psalm 34:17-18

A nap is a temporary laying down of responsibility and resting from striving. I believe that’s God’s will for us too

THT God’s provision for fatigue: rest and perspective on ultimate responsibility

Are you tired? Hear Jesus’ words, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.”

Elijah was famished (physical depletion)_____________________________________ 1 Kings 18:46

When we are physically spent, we are spiritually vulnerable

Matthew 6:11 Give us today our daily bread.

THT God’s provision for hunger: His Word

Deuteronomy 8:3: He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

THT If we are always working in our own strength, then we have no need for God 7 The

God created us body, mind, heart

And designed it:

1. Baseline - we need rest and food/energy

2. Supernatural - we need God’s spiritual provision to live a life for Him

THT God’s provision, His way, is always more fulfilling, holy and humbling that a substitute or self-sufficient plan

1 Corinthians 11:24 (Jesus) when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”