KBF Teachings

Take Care of All of You!!

1 Kings 19:1-9
¹Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ²So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make you life like that of one of them."　³Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beershiba in Judah, he left his servant there, ⁴While he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, 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." ⁵Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat." ⁶He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again.⁷The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, "Get up and eat for the Journey is too much for you." ⁸So he got up ate and drank. Strengthened by the food, he traveled 40 days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. ⁹There he went into a cave and spent the night.

1) Take Care of Your Body!

1. Eat right, variety of foods, and eat breakfast.
2. Make exercise as part of your day.
3. Sleep

2) Take care of yourself Emotionally.

1. Memorizing Scripture.
   *Elijah forgot God's promises.
2. Be willing to love.
   -1 Peter 4:8 "love will cover a multitude of sins,"- receiving and giving love
   *Elijah isolated himself in the desert.
3. Take time to laugh &enjoy
   *Elijah got too serious all the time.
4. Face your Fears
   - 1 john 4:18 'There is no fear in love, But perfect love drives out fear...'
   *Elijah ran from his fears.
5. Accept yourself as you are.
   - Change what can be changed & accept the rest
   - Ephesians 2:10
   *Elijah rejected the way he was made-'No better than my ancestors!' 4b
6. Train Yourself not to Worry.
   - Philippians4:6
   - Knowing God, knowing who he is, what he is like, where he is leading you will push out worry.
   - My Prayer before I sleep-I visualize putting all my concerns in a bundle (furoshiki) and giving them to God.
   *Elijah allowed　Himself to worry about what Jezebel would do to him.
7. Give problems time.
   *Elijah did not wait for God to work...He ran away.

3) Take Care of Yourself Spiritually- (we will Study this next week)

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