2 Kings 5:1-17 Our text passage is about an interesting experience a great man by the name of Namaan had. Namaan was a warrior, leader, and right hand man to the king of Syria. He encountered the creative power of God which caused a creative miracle for him in the area where he needed it, on his skin. Namaan literally received brand new skin! Talk about God doing something new for a man! Namaan was  leprous and leprosy had no cure in those days. The leprosy had been a long standing problem in Namaan's life. A miracle fixed a long standing problem in his life that physicians and other remedies could not fix. God is the specialist! He specialises in everything good, in every area of life. Matthew 19:26 He is creative and He grants and works creative miracles. Namaan was a beneficiary of God's creative miracle, you can be a recipient of creative miracles too. God has been in the business of working miracles and He hasn't stopped. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

 1 Peter 4:11 An oracle of God must know God's mind. Our text passage reveals God wants those who identify with His word to represent Him properly and accurately. To do so, we are encouraged to speak as oracles. An oracle communicates the words and mind of a deity/divine being on matters. A man/woman who is an oracle of God is one who speaks as though God Himself were speaking through him/her. To speak as an oracle is to have and be filled with the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to speak through us. The Holy Spirit helps us know things to come, He communicates the Father's mind and purposes to us. John 16:13 He gives us the mind of Christ to understand, know, and communicate God's word. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Speaking as an oracle of God helps us accurately teach and communicate God's heart for the present. Speaking as an oracle of God enables us to be a blessing to people, it enables us to use divine utterances to help many. 1 Kings 17:10-16 There are issues of life that can co

 God is a sovereign God who rules in the affairs of men. Daniel 4:32 God is interested in the affairs of His creation and pays attention to every single detail about humanity and all His other works of creation. Luke 12:6,7 That includes you, God is interested in you. Matthew 6:26-32 Since God created you and loves you, you can trust His process for your life. The God who created you knows you. He not only knows you He is intentional about you. Genesis 1:31 He has a plan, a good plan for you. He has an expected end for you. Jeremiah 29:11 This means He has a blueprint for your life. Matthew 6:10 God's having a blue print for your life means there's a pattern God expects your life to follow. It also means there is a process your life has to follow to get to your expected end. It is a process and journey of growth and development. 1 Peter 2:2 It is a process that will bring the best out of you. James 1:2-4 It is a process that will give you a beautiful outcome. It is a process th

  2 Samuel 21:17 Our text passage shows us a time David the King almost fell in battle. He was almost killed by a Philistine giant, he was blessed enough to live to tell the story. King David fought a lot of battles in his life time. The similarity between King David's era and the end times is that there are lots of battles and warfare. There is no disputing the fact that we are in the end times, the signs are all around us. One of the signs of the end times according to Jesus is that nations will rise against nations and there will be wars and rumors of wars. Matthew 24 With the direction the nations of the world are going, with nations showing allegiance to nations at war, with what's happening between Israel and Palestine, Ukraine and Russia, only God's mercy can prevent world war 3. As it is in the physical so it is in the spiritual. We are in times of intense spiritual battles and warfare. As king David fought his arch enemies the Philistines who were largely giants an

 1 Samuel 17:41-49 Our text passage shows us the importance of not allowing anyone to despise us. Goliath despised David the shepherd boy and the rest is history, he didn't live to tell the story. David didn't allow Goliath's despising him to stop him neither should you let despisers stop you. God thinks highly of you so don't allow anyone to despise you. Psalm 8:3-8 God loves you, this places value on you; for this reason you must not allow anyone despise you. John 3:16 Jesus's death was for your rising since you are his follower, for this reason you shouldn't allow anyone to despise you. Luke 2:34 In Christ Jesus we are anointed, for this reason we should not be despised. When a true child of God is being despised it is the anointing that is being despised. It is a great mistake to despise or turn against an anointed person. David's first wife Michal despised David's public dancing before the people in praise to God as the ark of God came into the city

  2 Thessalonians 2:3,4 It is possible to fall away from the faith. It is possible to be in the faith, to be a follower of the Lord but choose to fall away from the Lord. Jesus doesn't lose anyone, we lose Him by choosing to fall away from Him. John 17:12 People fall away from God because they were deceived and led astray. Matthew 24:11 People fall away from God because they were seduced by false doctrine, false ministers and evil spirits. Matthew 24:24 People fall away from God because they chose darkness over light. John 3:14 People fall away from God because they follow the desires of their flesh over the Spirit of God. Galatians 5:17 Just as sheep can fall victim to predators like wolves if they wander off from the direction and voice of their shepherd, a believer can also wander away by choice against the wishes of the good Shepherd. Judas Iscariot is an example of a sheep  who wandered away from the leadership of the Shepherd (Jesus) because he was seduced by the love of mone