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  • Fernando Cabrera avatar

    What's In Your Pot?

    Contributed by Fernando Cabrera on Oct 30, 2004
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    What’s in your pot?

    What’s in your pot? By Pastor Fernando Cabrera II Kings 4 1. Be careful what you go after (4:38-39) a. One of the prophets went after a wild vine because he was not satisfied with what he was getting ready to receive from God i. “wild vine” – 1. crooked thing – anything outside of what God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Death In The Pot"

    Contributed by Ray Scott on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 69 ratings
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    This is an illustrative sermon, which, while preparing the pottage, shows the picture of the ingredients, and how the blood of Jesus is the only thing that can destroy the poison of sin.

    “Death In The Pot” 2 Kings 4:38-41 INTRODUCTION: Read 2 Kings 4:38-41 The prophet Elisha is meeting with his Bible School students … the “sons of the prophets”. There is a famine in the land, so Elisha has one of his servants go out and pick vegetables for a stew. If we look closely, we can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Death In The Pot Series

    Contributed by John Walls on Sep 16, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
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    Practical applications of Miracles in the Bible

    2 Kings 4:38-41 Introduction: We will be looking at the four in our miracles thru throughout the Bible series. The main character outside the Lord is the prophet Elisha. As you may recall, Elisha was the man God choose to replace Elijah. Where Elijah’s ministry was marked with great events such ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Death In The Pot

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 49,575 views

    Man today is trying to give humanistic answers to spiritual problems to solve the emptiness of the soul, but it cannot be done.... The answer may often sound right, look right, and even be politically correct, but we realize that apart from Jesus Chris

    "Death In The Pot" 2 Kings 4:38-41 Someone has observed that we live in a “cut-flower civilization” today. We speak of justice, morals, peace, and ethics, but do not establish a rooted foundation in God. Therefore there is little left to sustain a purposeful life. Things can look good on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Richard Bell avatar

    A Wild Vine And The True Vine

    Contributed by Richard Bell on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
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    In seeking revival, seek the True Vine, Jesus Christ, not a "wild" counterfeit vine.

    A WILD VINE AND THE TRUE VINE 2 Kings 4:38-41 INTRODUCTION: Jesus is soon to appear. The day is quickly approaching when like lightning He will appear. The world is plagued with war, rumors of war, crime, violence, terror, earthquakes, etc. Governments have set up commissions, committees, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Fatal Food On The Fire

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 7,990 views

    The child of God must be careful of false doctrine, which often looks good on the surface, but is spiritually fatal just the same.

    FATAL FOOD ON THE FIRE Text: II Kings 4: 39-40; Matt.16: 6-7, 11-12 Intro: Not too many years ago, a law was passed which dealt with truth in advertising. That law required companies not to make false or misleading claims about their products. But in spite of that law, consumers must still ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Death In The Pot

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 22, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
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    The child of God may possess many wonderful Christian traits but if a single besetting sin in added to the mix the damage to our Christian testimony can be devastating.

    DEATH IN THE POT "Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, ‘Man of God, there is death in the pot!’ And they could not eat it." II Kings 4:40 I. “And there was a famine in the land.” (v. 38). Elisha ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr Kory Letoa avatar

    Gods Power.

    Contributed by Dr Kory Letoa on Mar 29, 2012
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    With God, our needs are met.

    God's Power to Meet the Desperate Needs of His People 2 King 4:1-44 Circumstances, How to Conquer Crises. Circumstances sometimes arise that create a sense of desperation. Take death, for example. We have no control over death. Consequently, when a loved one is snatched from our ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Tim White avatar

    Thanksgiving Dinner Flop Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Nov 19, 2012
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     | 6,840 views

    The School of the Prophets were looking forward to a feast, but found a miracle too.

    Ill. A little girl wanted a classmate to join her family for a meal at a restaurant. When the family reached to hold hands and bowed their heads to give thanks for the meal, the guest was confused, but cooperative. Later, she asked her friend what that was about. The girl answered, “We ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Power For Life-The Holy Spirit & Healing

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 2, 2014
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    This sermon is on how the Holy Spirit works in us to bring about different kinds of healings in the lives of others. We look at how Elisha and Peter were empowered by the Spirit to do miracles.

    Power For Living- The Holy Spirit & Healing+ 3/23/14 2 Kings 4:38-44 Acts 9:32-43 If you could have power to do something you really wanted to do today, what kind of power would you want to have?. Would you use that power to get some money, to get a promotion, to win a game, to heal ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God Overcomes Series

    Contributed by Andrew Drury on Mar 26, 2015
     | 8,025 views

    It describes how the life of Elisha is applicable to us

    2 Kings 4: 38 - 41- the seventh sermon on the life of Elisha Below is the outline of the sermon, I preached on 17 March 2012 at West Ewell Evangelical Church, Surrey: Introduction This is the latest sermon in the series on Elisha, whose ministry lasted for fifty years and accounts for fourteen ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    What’s For Supper

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on May 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    What we add to people’s life can be helpful or hurtful.

    2 Kings 4:38-41-And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mitchell Leonard avatar

    There's Death In The Pot

    Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on Apr 23, 2021
     | 5,996 views

    A look at the miracle of Elisha when poison gourds were put into the stew.

    On Easter Sunday we had lunch out at the house and all the kids and grandkids came over. Sister Betty was there too. It was a good time. Family all getting together. But after we were done eating some of us went out MUSHROOM HUNTING. We were looking for MURREL mushrooms or the BIG WHITE ones ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Grant avatar

    Serve It Again

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Feb 4, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,748 views

    There is a famine of the Word of God in our country and the people are hungry for the truth. Amos 8:11 “Look! The days are coming” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine throughout the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water— but rather a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.

    2 Kings 4:38-41 (NKJV) Serve It Again October 03, 2010 We begin today with Elisha returning to Gilgal. Returning to his holy place where he was taught by his father in ministry Elijah. Returning to his element, among the sons of the prophets, teaching them, and, now as their father in ministry, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roshelle Brenneise avatar

    Elisha Series

    Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Feb 17, 2023
     | 3,343 views

    The timid and shy man who became a mighty voice for God.

    February 18, 2023 Today we transition from the mission of Elijah to the mission of Elisha. I have broken down Elisha’s story into 8 vignettes: • The mob and the 2 bears • The widows oil • The Shunamite woman • Poison Food • Naaman’s Leprosy • The floating axe head • The blind army • The ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist