Coping with Crisis of Faith
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COPING WITH CRISIS OF FAITH
Elijah on Mt. Horeb1 Kings 19
Crisis . . . (esp. when)
• Things go repeatedly wrong
• Things don’t make sense
• Others manipulate to marginalise
• Reach a stage “it is enough”
. . . and God does not seem to make sense
Elijah’s crisis (1 kings 19)
• v 10: For too long I have been zealous
• v 1,2,3: My life threatened
• v 10.14: People of God have rejected me
• v 10b,14b:I am alone
• v 4: Need to go where my father’s have gone
God Intervenes - - Four Principles
COPING WITH CRISIS OF FAITH
Principle #1:God cares before He cures
(I Kings 19:5-7, 12; Jer. 29:11; 1 Pet. 5:7)
Principle #2:Relocate into His presence(I Kings 19:11,9,13; Ps. 73:1-16,17, 18ff; Gen. 32)
Principle #3:Reconnect with community of faith
(I Kings 19:10b, 4b, 18; Lk. 24; Heb.10:24,25)
Principle #4:Recommit to Obey
(I Kings 19:15ff)
Coping with Crisis of faith
Four Principles:
1.Remember our God cares, before He cures
2.Relocate into His presence
3.Reconnect with community of faith
4.Recommit to obey