THE CAPTIVE MAID BY LESA DENNY Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Naaman, the captain of the army of Syria, was a leper. Adventist Youth Ministry – Caribbean Union Conference

The maid told Naaman’s wife of a prophet in Samaria who could cure him. Adventist Youth Ministry – Caribbean Union Conference

Naaman sought permission from the king to go to Samaria. Adventist Youth Ministry – Caribbean Union Conference

After putting away his pride, Naaman followed the instructions of the prophet Elisha and he was cured of his leprosy. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Although she was bound by force in a strange land and made a servant, she still went beyond her slave duties and helped Naaman, the man who led the army that took her captive. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Matthew 7: 13, 14 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be that which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

God used her to reveal Himself unto the heathen by His miracle working power when He healed Naaman. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

1 Timothy 4: 12, 13 “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.” Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Jeremiah 29:13 “And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

When situations present themselves, we need to remember that we will not be held captive by them. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Jesus has freed us from all our “situations. ” Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

We must always portray Jesus’ characteristics: Love, truthfulness, honesty, kindness and courtesy inspite of our situation. Let us lift up the name of Jesus for God is good to us all the time. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Morality is only possible if we have a close relationship with Jesus and keep our eyes on the prize. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

The pressures of the Devil – peer pressure, economic pressure, and worldly attainments are so intense that from the time we take our eyes off Jesus, he will defeat us. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

“The greatest want of the world, is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.” Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

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