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Go Out and Stand

• Gods call to His people in all times

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1 Kings 19

• Jezebels note
• Elijahs run
• Leaving his servant
• The first angel food cake
• 40 days to Mt. Horeb
• What are you doing here?

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Elijah was
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he
prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for
three years and six months it did not rain on the
earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave
rain, and the earth bore its fruit. James 517

• Tired
• Lonely
• Doubting
• Martyr complex
• Ready to quit

• A man like us
• A believer
• Obedient
• Equipped
• In relationship with God

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Elijahs Problems were not the Problem

• Others have faced worse
• Govt authorities
• Bloody religions
• Ostracized
• Tortured
• Killings

Elijahs problem was the same as ours He lost
his focus.
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We can lose OUR focus, in an instant

• Matthew 2524-25
• He also who had received the one talent came
  forward, saying, Master, I knew you to be a hard
  man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering
  where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid,
  and I went and hid your talent in the ground.
  Here you have what is yours. 

Can focus on fears, rationalize
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We can lose OUR focus, in an instant

• Acts 818-19
•  Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given
  through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he
  offered them money, 19 saying, Give me this
  power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands
  may receive the Holy Spirit. 

Can focus on selfish motivations
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We can lose OUR focus, in an instant

• Luke 962
•  Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to
  the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of
  God.  

Can focus on ties to the past
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We can lose OUR focus, in an instant

• Acts 2422-25
• But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of
  the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias the
  tribune comes down, I will decide your
  case. 23 Then he gave orders to the centurion
  that he should be kept in custody but have some
  liberty, and that none of his friends should be
  prevented from attending to his needs 24 After
  some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who
  was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him
  speak about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And as he
  reasoned about righteousness and self-control and
  the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said,
  Go away for the present. When I get an
  opportunity I will summon you.

Can focus on putting things off, waiting
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith
1 John 44 Little children, you are from God and
have overcome them, for he who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world. 

• 1 Corinthians 1557
• But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
  through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith
Romans 831  What then shall we say to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 

• Romans 832
• He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up
  for us all, how will he not also with him
  graciously give us all things? .

Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Romans 833-34
• Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?
  It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn?
  Christ Jesus is the one who diedmore than that,
  who was raisedwho is at the right hand of God,
  who indeed is interceding for us.

Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Romans 835
• Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
  Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
  or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 

Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Romans 836-39
• As it is written, For your sake we are being
  killed all the day long we are regarded as sheep
  to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we
  are more than conquerors through him who loved
  us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life,
  nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor
  things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor
  depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
  able to separate us from the love of God in
  Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Philippians 46-7
• do not be anxious about anything, but in
  everything by prayer and supplication with
  thanksgiving let your requests be made known to
  God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all
  understanding, will guard your hearts and your
  minds in Christ Jesus.  

Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Philippians 413
• I can do all things through him who strengthens
  me.

Philippians 419 And my God will supply every
need of yours according to his riches in glory in
Christ Jesus. 
Do you believe Gods word?
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Or, We Can Focus in on True Faith

• Hebrews 135-6
• Keep your life free from love of money, and be
  content with what you have, for he has said, I
  will never leave you nor forsake you. 6 So we
  can confidently say,
• The Lord is my helperI will not fearwhat can
  man do to me?

Do you believe Gods word?
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1 Kgs 19 Go Forth and Stand

• V. 15 Get up and get busy
• V. 15-16 You have important work to do
• V. 16 You have work to do for others
• V. 17 God had plans to work with him
• V. 18 Your feelings are wrong, need facts

The call of God to His people in all ages.
Take a stand in faithful, working, obedience.