Releasing The Heavenly Blessings

RELEASING THE HEAVENLY BLESSINGS

1 Kings 18:41-45 “And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

INTRO:

I. GOD SAID IT: I BELIEVE IT

A. If you believe in Jesus Christ

i. He will forgive you of your sins: 1 Jn. 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

ii. He will heal you of your deseases and sickness: 1 Pe. 2:24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”

B. If you are faithful with your tithes and offerings

i. He will open the Windows of heaven: Mal 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.”

C. If you believe He will deliver you from crisis

i. He will make it rain when there is no sight: 18:1-2 “After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,”

II. HOW WILL HE DO IT

A. Persist in the Faith – 1 Kings 18:41

i. He didn’t see it but He believed it

B. Impart that Faith – vs 41, 43

i. Tell others about it

ii. He told the King and His Servant

C. Influence in the Faith

i. 7 times the servant went – vs. 43, 44

D. Act in your Faith

i. Run with your faith – “Hitch up…”

E. Release the Blessing s

i. Didn’t see but believed it and released it

CONCLUSION: