Elijah: Perspective is Everything! (1 Kings 19)

Message by Dave Patterson – August 25, 2024

In critical times, are you prepared, equipped, capable? Have you mined: The Gold Within?

Background

– What’s in a name? – Jezebel vs. Elijah

– Crises of conflict: drought, dualling deities, death threat

Managing crisis is a matter of perspective:

1. Look forward – we manage crisis by staying on mission2 Cor 4:1

2. Look around – we manage crisis by having a passion for compassion.  2 Cor 4:3-6

3. Look up – we manage crisis by acknowledging God is in control2 Cor 4:7-8,16-18

4. Look within – we manage crisis through honest self-appraisal.

Close: emotional energy quadrants.   See: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working

About Dave Patterson:

Dave Patterson came from the GTA area and moved here in the 1980s to study kinesiology. Through the years he has worked as a youth pastor for ten years, as lead pastor for six years, and as a kinesiologist off and on throughout the years. Dave and his wife have been attending Westheights for three years. Dave is an extreme extrovert with boundless energy so feel free to approach him; he loves a great conversation!

You can listen to the sermon on YouTube here.

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