Broken Lives - 1 Kings - [REAL] - Brent Phillips - Encounter Houston

How can we recover from broken lives?

We must know that God is always for us and never against us. He wants to come into the center of our brokenness and break any chains that are binding us up and give us hope by setting us free. But we often treat God as if He is the reason for our broken lives. That because He seems to have left us in the middle of our brokenness and all these bad things are happening.

The Bible is very clear on who is doing the killing, stealing, and destroying. It is also very clear on where the good and perfect gifts come from and they come from above.

We must be certain that our hope comes from the LORD just like David was. And if He is for you what or who can come against you?

1 Kings 17:8-12 "Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.” So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup? As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.” But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die."

In the natural we see that this woman was finished, she was hopeless and there was nothing left her.

God had instructed (promised) her that He was going to send her a prophet on her behalf. But it didn’t happen right away and she had forgotten about that promise. It seemed like it was forever ago and she didn't feel like there was still hope in that promise.

There are many of us that can relate to this women today. We have broken lives and we truly feel like God has forgotten about us. We don't feel like there is much hope left in the promises that we once believed in whole heartily and you are not sure if anyone even notices you and your brokenness.

But God sees you and He has plans that are much different then ours and He is only beginning. God hasn’t forgotten you and He is waiting for the perfect time to show up in our broken lives to do a miracle that will give Him the most glory and turn our lives into something beautiful!

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