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Cell Study 03032011 If Only You Have A SEED or If Only You Had a
Seed or If
You Had Only a SEED or IF You Have Only a SEED
God loves you and he wants to show himself powerful on your
behalf! He is not
interested in letting the world see you as a victim but his
desire is that you would bea victor. 2 Chron 16:9 For the eyes of
the Lord search back and forth across the
whole earth, looking for people whose hearts are perfect toward
him, so that he can
show his great power in helping them.
Read 2 Kings 4:1-7.Here is a story about a widow. Her husband
was dead. She was
bankrupt, and creditors were coming to take her sons as slaves
to pay the debt. She
went to Elisha for help. Elisha asked if she had anything in the
house. The widow
answered: I have nothingbut a flask of oil. Elisha then
instructed her to go and
borrow as many containers as she could then shut the door and
fill the containers
from that jar of oil. As she obeyed, a miracle took place; the
oil did not run out until
all the containers were full.
God is asking the same question: What do you have in your house?
The Lord
wants to take /use the little that you have poured out in faith
and multiply it beyond
your wildest imagination.
Discussion questions:
1.If you are the widow, what do you think your state of mind or
emotion
would be?
(Teachers notes: the widow was able to describe her problem in
detail.
Ps David pointed out that she could have rehearsed in mind what
she
would say. Her mind was focussed on her loss, her grief and
her
desperate situation. The word cried means to moan, to weep
uncontrollably; to shriek out of grief; the word identifies with
the sound
of a broken heart)
2.The widow cried out to the prophet. Who do you normally go to
whenyou are desperate? Who does the prophet represent?
3.What was Elishas question that sparked faith in the widows
mind? What
can we learn from this?
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(Teachers notes: Elisha asked: What do you have in your house?
The
widow initially answered: I have nothing then she added, But a
flask
of oil. The amount of oil must have seen so insignificantly
small and
worthless compare to the enormity of her debt and situation. But
a
spark of faith was ignited---from nothing to something. Perhaps
we needto learn to count our blessings, focus on what we have
instead of what
we do not have)
4.The instrument of blessing was something that she had, not
something
that she would yet receive. Her pot of oil, which she thought to
be of little
value, was to become the instrument of deliverance from her
dilem ma.
What is your present dilemma? What do you have that God can
use?
5.The pot of oil that the widow had was like a seed to her
miracle. What do
you know about the law of sowing and reaping in the natural
world?
(Teachers notes: In the natural, you have to sow before you can
reap.
You cant expect a chilli plant to sprout when you have not sown
the
seed. Sow sparingly and you reap sparingly; sow bountifully and
you
reap bountifully. The measure you receive relates to the measure
you
sow. You always reap more than you sow. No one ever sown an
apple
seed to have an apple tree that bears only one fruit. What you
sow is
what you reap. You dont sow an apple seed and it turns into a
mango
tree)
6.How do we apply the law of sowing and reaping in giving?
7.The prophet required the widow to put her faith in action by
borrowing
containers and pouring oil into them. What faith-actions can you
take to
claim Gods blessings for your lives?
(Teachers notes: Our problems are occasions for miracles,
the
instruments that God uses to test and stretch our faith).
8.How important do you think it is that her sons were involved
in the faith -
action and witnessed the miracle?
