Text;Text; 11 kings 4;1-6A certain woman of the wives of the son 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 to take my son to be his slaves”. So Elisha said to her, “what shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house? And she said, your maid servant has nothing in the house but a small jar of oil. Then he said, go

borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors-empty vessels do not gather just a few. So she went and shut the door behind her and her sons,

who brought the vessels to her, and she poured it out. now it came to pass that the vessels were full,

and she said to her son , ‘’bring me another vessels’’ and the son said to her, there is no another vessels.

So the oil stop.

If someone will Say to you.Are you happy with what you have in

your life today?Your house, life, car, business, family

your husband or wife, job, and the church you are attended.

What will be your answers?

Yes Or No

According to Graham BestGraham Best with His book Beyond Reasonable Doubt he

said “Many people thinks that “Many people thinks that happiness is what counts and yet happiness is what counts and yet

happiness evades the vast majority of happiness evades the vast majority of the humanity, others are convinced the humanity, others are convinced that nothing really matters; that we that nothing really matters; that we

are here by are here by accidentaccident or or chancechance and life and life is meaningless.”is meaningless.”

How about you?How about you?

Theme;Theme; The life of the Widow woman

A; Wives of the son of the prophetsB; { A Christian woman}

C; A widow- Her husband died full of debts {the creditor was coming}

FinanciallyFinancially she has no money to pay

EmotionallyEmotionally she was worried because the creditor was coming to

take her son to be slave.SpirituallySpiritually affected

In her mind may be she will probably say I am a Christian, why is

this happening to me?

A; Present her problems to the man of A; Present her problems to the man of GodGod

1 Peter 5;6-7Humble yourself under the mighty hand of

God, that he may exalt you in due timeexalt you in due time, castingcasting all your cares upon him, for he

cares for you

B; She recall the good B; She recall the good deedsdeeds{ performance} of her husband

V 1 A certain woman of the wives of the son of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “your servant my husband is dead, and you and you know that your servant know that your servant feared the Lordfeared the Lord..

He asked a question { what do you have in your house?} {observe the answers}

V 2-3V 2-3 So Elisha said to her, “what shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in what do you have in

your houseyour house? And she said, your maid servant has nothing in the house but a small jar of oil. Then he said, go borrow borrow vesselsvessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors-emptyempty vessels do not gather

just a few.Matthew 20;32Matthew 20;32 Jesus said, “what do you what do you

want me to do for youwant me to do for you”?

The small oil that was on the jar fell all the empty vessels.

Vv 5-6 So she went and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the

vessels to her, and she poured it outpoured it out. now it came to pass that the vessels were fullvessels were full, and she said to her son , bring me another vessels and the son said to her, there is no

another vessels. So the oil ceased.Acts 19; 29Acts 19; 29 and Peter and the apostle

replied, “we will obey God rather than men.”

What kind of life do you have today?Are you like this widow woman?

She has nothing but a small jar of oilMatthew 6; 25-26

I tell you therefore, do not worry about your living, what you are to eateat or drinkdrink, or about your body, what you are to wearwear. Is not the

life more important than its nourishment and the body than the clothing? Look at the Look at the

birdsbirds of the sky, they neither sowsow nor reapreap nor gather into barns, but your heavenly heavenly

father feeds themfather feeds them. You are valuable You are valuable than theythan they?