TEXT: 2 KINGS 4:8-37

INTRODUCTION

A. We often praise the strengths and resiliency of Biblical women

B. The Biblical women were women / Black women

C. I am stronger than I think I am

“IT IS WELL”

A. To her husband

B. Her child had just died in her lap

C. How could she say, “It is well”

“IT IS WELL”

A. To the man of God

B. Her child had just died in her lap

C. How could she say, “It is well”

HOW CAN I SAY, “IT IS WELL?”

A. Hospitality
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. She went out of her way to be hospitable to the man of God</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Leviticus 19:33, 34, “And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt…”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. Leviticus 19:10, “And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger…”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. I Peter 4:9, “Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. Am I going out of my way to show hospitality?</p>
B. Humility
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Proverbs 22:4, “By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. James 4:6, “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. Am I living in humility?</p>
C. Hope
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Psalm 39:7, “And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Hebrews 6:18, 19, “that by two immutable things [God’s promise and oath], in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…”</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: THAT I WILL LIVE IN HOSPITALITY, HUMILITY AND HOPE TO SAY, ”IT IS WELL.”</p>