WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?

II Kings 4:1-7

The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha: “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

Elisha replied to her: “ What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

She said: “ Your servant has nothing there at all, except a little oil.”

Elisha said: “ Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour your oil into all the jars , and as each is filled, put it to one side.”

She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.

When all the jars were full, she said to her son: “Bring me another one.” But he replied: “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

She went and told the man of God, and he said: “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

Situation: Death of the husband Abandonment Loneliness Poverty Hunger Hopelessness Inheritance threatened

GOD’s Pre-miracle Questions: What can I do for you? 2. What do you have in your house?

GOD’s Pre-miracle Questions: 1. What can I do for you? What do you want God to do for you? How can God help you? What can God do for you? What is the miracle you need God to do for you?

GOD’s Pre-miracle Questions: 2. What do you have in your house?” What is your miracle material? What she had in the house was the “miracle material” God used to help her.

Miracle Material Inventory: It required an inventory of the resources found in the house for the miracle to happen.

Miracle Material Inventory- Part 1: She listed all she had at home: 1 jar with a little oil in it

Miracle Material Inventory: Only one jar with a little oil was enough to initiate the miracle process.

Miracle Material Inventory- Part 2: Ask your neighbors for empty jars.

Don’t ask for just a few. Don’t ask for small. Pre- Miracle Alert: Don’t ask for just a few. Don’t ask for small.

Pre-Miracle Inventory: The inventory of resources included all empty jars they could possibly find in the neighbor’s houses

Availability Asking our neighbors means to have all AVAILABLE for God’s use.

Prophetic Instruction for the Miracle to Happen: Go inside Shut the door behind you and your sons Pour your oil into all the jars

Prophetic Instruction for the Miracle to Happen: Get together with those who will be part of the miracle and shut the door; Bring the jar of oil and pour your oil into all the jars brought to you until each one is filled up; Set those jars apart.

TELL GOD WHAT YOU WANT FOR HIM TO DO FOR YOU 1ST STEP OF OBEDIENCE FOR THE MIRACLE HAPPEN TO YOU: TELL GOD WHAT YOU WANT FOR HIM TO DO FOR YOU Write it down. Write your dream.

TELL GOD WHAT WE WANT FOR HIM TO DO FOR OUR CHURCH 1ST STEP OF OBEDIENCE FOR THE MIRACLE HAPPEN TO US: TELL GOD WHAT WE WANT FOR HIM TO DO FOR OUR CHURCH Write it down. Write our dream.

DO YOUR INVENTORY OF YOUR MIRACLE MATERIAL 2ND STEP: DO YOUR INVENTORY OF YOUR MIRACLE MATERIAL What do you have at home? Write it down. THINK & PLAN FOR A BIG MIRACLE

DO OUR INVENTORY OF OUR MIRACLE MATERIAL 2ND STEP: DO OUR INVENTORY OF OUR MIRACLE MATERIAL What do we have at God’s House? Write it down. THINK & PLAN FOR A BIG MIRACLE

OBEY THE PROPHETIC WORD Persevere and wait for the miracle to happen. 3RD STEP: OBEY THE PROPHETIC WORD Trust & Obey God’s Word Shut the door from outside influence and let God do His part of the miracle; Persevere and wait for the miracle to happen.

OBEY THE PROPHETIC WORD 3RD STEP: OBEY THE PROPHETIC WORD Trust & Obey God’s Word Shut the door with the church and let God do His part of the miracle

Keep pouring oil until there are no more empty jars available. 4TH STEP: Keep pouring oil until there are no more empty jars available. KEEP SERVING THE LORD, TRUSTING, PERSEVERING, AND WAITING FOR YOUR MIRACLE

Keep pouring oil until there are no more empty jars available. 4TH STEP: Keep pouring oil until there are no more empty jars available. ANOINT THE EMPTY JARS FOUND IN GOD’S HOUSE

Ways to Stop a Miracle: Start off without faith Do not expect a miracle Have a small vision Be lazy to obey Do not use what you have Be disobedient Be afraid

MIRACLE MATERIAL INVENTORY Part 1 What do we have in the house? How many empty jars can we find? What are the jars and vessels of the house to be filled?

MIRACLE MATERIAL INVENTORY What do we have in the house? Part 1 What do we have in the house? Write it down:

(YOURSELF) BEFORE THE LORD FOR THE MIRACLE TO HAPPEN BRING YOUR JAR (YOURSELF) BEFORE THE LORD FOR THE MIRACLE TO HAPPEN

PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE MIRACLE Go inside Shut the door behind you and your sons Pour your oil into all the jars

PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE MIRACLE Go inside Shut the door behind you and your sons THIS IS WHAT OUR CHURCH DID IN MAY 2007

PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE MIRACLE Pour your oil into all the jars BRING YOUR JARS BEFORE THE LORD TO BE FILLED WITH OIL May, 2007

CHURCH PRE-MIRACLE QUESTIONS What do you want me to do for you church? What do we want God to do for us? Dreaming our church together Write down our dream church

CHURCH PRE-MIRACLE QUESTIONS Dreaming our church together Write down our dream church

MIRACLE MATERIAL INVENTORY Part 2 Do we need to ask the neighbors for jars? Write down which jars we need to ask from the neighbors? Who are our neighbors? How do we ask the neighbors for jars?

MIRACLE MATERIAL INVENTORY Part 2 This is what the Lord is telling us to do now: To ask our neighbors for jars And that means to bring more jars for the Lord to bless and fill with His oil.

THE MIRACLE MATERIAL FOR NEXT SEASON OF MIRACLES WILL BE THE NEW JARS, THE NEW PEOPLE WE WILL HARVEST FOR THE LORD.