-- SUNDAY'S NOTES --1 Kings 19:1Elijah burned the candle on all ends and here we find him:1. Elijah was fearful (emotional unrest)2. Elijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion)3. Elijah was famished (physical depletion)Elijah was fearful (emotions)_________________________________________ 1 Kings 19:1Priscilla Shirer - “We give our feelings too much power. Feelings are not the engine, they’re the caboose, they’ll catch up. All feelings can do is feel. They don’t think, they don’t have intellect. They’re not that smart”THT When we learn to amplify God’s words over anxious what-ifs and worries, we gain strength for the journey.Does it feel like too much? Could some of the fear we experience be because we are putting ourselves in too prominent a position?He didn’t address every worry - he showed up with who He isJehovah Jireh - ProviderTHT God’s provision for fear: perfect love, protection, promise of presenceElijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion)___________________________ 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleepTHT We aren’t designed to be self-sufficient when suffering and running from God doesn’t make you feel rested.An encounter with the Lord can revive your heart when faith is hard to find! 34Psalm 34:17-18A nap is a temporary laying down of responsibility and resting from striving. I believe that’s God’s will for us tooTHT God’s provision for fatigue: rest and perspective on ultimate responsibilityAre you tired? Hear Jesus’ words, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.”Elijah was famished (physical depletion)_____________________________________ 1 Kings 18:46When we are physically spent, we are spiritually vulnerableMatthew 6:11 Give us today our daily bread.THT God’s provision for hunger: His WordDeuteronomy 8:3: He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.THT If we are always working in our own strength, then we have no need for God 7 TheGod created us body, mind, heartAnd designed it:1. Baseline - we need rest and food/energy2. Supernatural - we need God’s spiritual provision to live a life for HimTHT God’s provision, His way, is always more fulfilling, holy and humbling that a substitute or self-sufficient plan1 Corinthians 11:24 (Jesus) when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

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