Sis. Racquel Philburn-Page | NTCOG Caribbean Prayer Movement | February 28, 2022

jesus name the text this morning that i'll be looking at is from second kings 6 8 to 17 and i'll be reading from the king james version it says then the king of syria ward against israel and took counsel with his servants saying in such and such a place shall be my camp and the man of god sent unto the king of israel saying beware that thou pass not such a place for thither the syrians are calmed down and the king of israel sent to the place which the man of god told him and warned him off and saved himself there not once nor twice therefore the heart of the king of syria was so troubled for this thing and he called his servants and said unto him unto them sorry will he not show me which of us is for the king of israel and one of his servants said none my lord o king but elisha the prophet that is in israel telleth the king of israel the words that those speakers in thy bed chamber and he said go and spy where he is that i may send and fetch him and it was told him saying behold he is in dorthan therefore sent he theater horses and chariots and a great host they came and they came by night and compassed the city about and when the servant of the man of god was risen up early and gone forth behold and host compassed the city both with horses and chariots and his servants said unto him i lost my master how shall we do and he answered fear not for they that be with us are more than they that be with them seventeenth and last and elisha prayed and said lord i pray thee open his eyes that he may see and the lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about elijah this is the word of the lord let us pray righteous god eternal father and king you are alpha you are omega and we just exalt you we thank you for the privilege of life we thank you that oh god we are clothed in our right minds and so we can meet on this platform this morning god i ask as i'm about to share your word to your people that you will give them receptive arts oh god that somebody may be encouraged that somebody may be saved oh god almighty that somebody would be reminded oh god that they can thrive even though they are going through their crisis god i pray that self will be slain and you are anointed alone oh god will be evident so hide me behind the veil now as i give you thanks in jesus name hallelujah come on church shout out hallelujah lift your hands and praise god this morning hallelujah hallelujah church when i was told about the theme thriving in crisis i pondered on it and i thought that this sounds like a paradox or an oxymoron english teachers i'm going to ask you to help me with that so i decided to google the meaning of the words i found that thrive means to be prosperous growing and flourishing and crisis means a time of great danger or trouble often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences having found these definitions it caused me to immediately consider the possibility of thriving in a crisis in the natural it seems impossible but may i submit to you my brothers and sisters that with the help of our lord it is possible and so the lord revealed to me that if you are going to strive in a crisis you need to shift your focus i praise god shift your focus by looking to the problem solver and not the problem shift your focus by replacing fear with faith and shift your focus by having an expectation or a hope that god is going to deliver you hallelujah praise god the text before us this morning church is about elisha and his servant experiencing a grave crisis the king of syria waged war against the israelites however his plans to ambush and capture the israelites would always fail because the lord would reveal the plans to elijah who would in turn inform the king of israel brothers and sisters prophets giving military advice to kings was a common practice practice in those days but the information given by elijah was far more specific than any other prophet and so elijah became a thorn in the side of the syrian king therefore he decided to get rid of him the syrian king instructed his men to carry out reconnaissance of elisha's wearables and sent a large number of soldiers with horses and chariots to capture him the syrian army came by night and surrounded the city of dothan where the man of god was hallelujah elijah's servant was knew yes and had little to no experience of miracles done by his masters by his master and so he was engulfed by fear when he arose the next morning and saw the large contingent of soldiers he cried out alas my master how shall we do you'll find that in verse 16 my brothers and sisters he was focused on the enemy and not god the servant was focused on the problem and not the problem solver he was focused on what his natural eyes could see and not the supernatural brothers and sisters yes we are going through crises yes things look difficult yes you have lost your job yes you have lost your loved ones yes your health is deteriorating but may i ask you this morning to shift your focus from all the ills that you are experiencing and look to god hallelujah look to god because he cares for you he knows your every need he understands your every hurt he is still touched by the feelings of your infirmities hallelujah hasn't he come true for you before god is still able to deliver you he is still able to heal you he is still able to provide for you to turn things around in your favor oh hallelujah to the lamb of god he has a proven track record which cannot be disputed which cannot be erased hallelujah he is god all by himself the devil will always try to block our vision of god but church rest assured this morning that our problems or the magnitude of our problems do not diminish the sovereignty and sufficiency of god he is able glory to god hallelujah my brothers and sisters not only should you shift your focus by looking to the problem-solving and not the problem but you should also shift your focus by replacing fear with faith verse 16 says and let's look at it and he answered fear not for them that be with us are more than they that be with them according to one commentator the opening of our eyes will be the silencing of our affairs in the dark we are most up to be frightened the clearest sight we have of the sovereignty and power of heaven the less we shall fear the calamities of this earth church we agree with him for hebrews 11 1 says no faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen church do not fear do not fear fear is not of the lord it is of the devil just believed just believe in the lord hallelujah elisha was not at all disturbed by his present situation he had proven god for himself yes let's look at it quickly god hallelujah through his power hallelujah allowed elijah to use elijah's mantle to part the jordan river elijah hallelujah under the instructions of the holy ghost prophesied to the widow hallelujah with the pot of oil and she was able to sell it and pay off her debt elijah again came and he prophesied hallelujah to the empowering of the holy ghost to the sonamite woman and she was without a son but nine months after she had a son and yes tragedy talk crisis struck and the son died hallelujah but the woman the son of my woman went back to elijah hallelujah and he threw the power of the holy ghost hallelujah raised the sun from the dead hallelujah elisha also hallelujah was able to speak a word or give instructions to neyman the leper and he was made whole so my brothers and sisters out of these experiences elisha knew the god he served because he had tested and proven him times and times before so this present calamity was no different so elisha was not at all disturbed as i said before so he told his servant that he should not fear and he assured him that behind them oh my god almighty was a force superior to that of the enemy hallelujah church applying a different perspective to difficult situations oftentimes will help us to overcome it similarly is the story that is told in the bible of the two young spies caleb and joshua i know you know it hallelujah god instructed moses to send the 12 spies to canaan to survey the land and its people the spies returned and reported that the land is good but the people are strong and the city is well fortified but my brothers and sisters caleb speaking i would imagine under the holy ghost said let us go up at once one preacher come on preacher come on we are well able to overcome it but the other 10 spies were doubtful they were fearful and they saw the israelites as gross hoppers weak and powerless that you find in numbers 13 30-33 guess what church despise did not have a conversation with the people in canaan you know they did not the perspective about being grasshoppers was self-pleased hallelujah hallelujah they did not speak to anyone so when they said we are grasshoppers hallelujah in their eyes it was their perspective may i submit to you my brothers and sisters that caleb and joshua had a different a different perspective they believed and trusted in god and that god would deliver them hallelujah but sister paid how do i replace fear with faith you may ask hallelujah by reviewing god's track record of success and simply believing his word not serving him based on feelings but having a strong knowledge of his words and and increasing your prior life he is the same god that parted the jordan waters as i said before he is the same god that parted the red sea he is the same god that empowered a little boy to slew a mighty giant he is the same boy he's the same god that raised lazarus from the dead and he is the same god that we serve today hallelujah hallelujah and he is there willing and able hallelujah to help us through our crisis when we replace fear with faith we can do mighty things through christ hallelujah hallelujah praise god so church if you are going to thrive in your crisis not only should you shift your focus from the problem to the problem solver not only should you replace fear with faith but you should shift your focus by having an expectation or a hope that god is going to deliver verse 17 says and elisha prayed and said lord i pray thee open his eyes that he may seem and the lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about elijah note carefully church that elisha did not pray the lord prayed to the lord for him to remove them out of the situation but he prayed that his servant's eyes be open for him to see the raw omnipotence of god which would strengthen his faith and dependence on god because guess what this servant was new right because this is not gehesi that was there with him before this was a new servant so this servant was not accustomed to seeing miracles being done hallelujah through the prophet of god so he was not used to it so so yes he would be filled with firm hallelujah so elijah saw himself safe and wanted his servant to see that there was a guard of angels around him elijah's calmness was out of a deep confidence that the god who had delivered him and answered his prayers before would not do less and then come to his rescue church only if we could live with such an expectation and our hope that jehovah will deliver us oh how much easier going through our crises would be we have to adjust and realign our focus hallelujah when you visit the eye doctor my brothers and sisters the doctor will conduct a variety of tests to ensure that your complete visual system from the brain to the eyeball is functioning as it should but there is a particular test that is done that involves the doctor displaying a series of letters with different font sizes which he or she will ask you to read alone depending on your response to the different font sizes the doctor will make the adjustments needed for you to see clearly the lens keeps changing to give you 20 20 vision or as close to it as possible so it is with god my brothers and sisters he will take you through various crises and difficult situations in order for you to adjust your lens to see that god is with you through hallelujah your storms that god is with you in your moments of despair that god is the fourth man in the fire that the lord hallelujah is with you comes what man that the lord will provide for you that the lord is waking willing and able to deliver you the god that we serve has never left you he has never lost a battle and he never will shift your focus by having an expectation that you will receive a 2020 vision of god working things out for your good and his glories so my brothers and sisters thriving in crisis is possible it is possible by shifting your focus from the problem to the problem solver god's track record of success is still stands it is possible by shifting your focus and replacing fear with faith fear says doubt panic and worry while faith says we are willing to overcome it it is possible by shifting your focus to have an expectation or hope that god is going to deliver you we have to adjust or realign our focus in order to achieve a 2020 vision of god hallelujah god bless you my brothers and sisters as you continue to thrive in your crisis the lord is with you god bless you and thank you for having me over to you lady notice

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Published: Mon Feb 28 2022