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Where have we laid our mantle?!

19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. 20 He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” 21 So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

I Kings 19:19-21 NASB1995

Where have we laid our mantle?!

A mantle is a cloak -shawl but significant to a transference of responsibility or a call or an important role passed from one person to another.

1 God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You. I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

Psalm 63:1 HSCB

1 As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God.

Psalm 42:1 HSCB

14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Romans 8:14-17 NASB1995

Where have we laid our mantle?!

Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and [a]how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 3 And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.” 5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.” 6 Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

I Kings 19:1-8 NASB1995

Where have we laid our mantle?!

9 Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11 So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 15 The Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; 16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17 It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. 18 Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

I Kings 19:9-18 NASB1995

I Kings 19:19-21 NASB1995

Where have we laid our mantle?!

WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE

- We believe that God is using a scalpel on hearts through His word and the balm of gilead (Jesus’ healing touch through salvation) is being applied.

-We believe God is healing broken spirits. If you have been broken by someone or something in your past, God is healing your heart

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭61:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬.....

-We believe God is healing heart issues, both emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The medicine is a cheerful heart- which is given by the joy of the Lord-

Nehemiah 8:10- “The joy of the Lord Is our strength”

Proverbs 17:22- “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”

‭‭- We believe God is healing ungratefulness in hearts that was caused by a break in your spirit. It leads to all kinds of evil and dark things in your life: burden, pain, depression, jealousy, contention, strife, vanity, immorality, drunkenness, (Galatians 5:19-21). It even leads to physical ailments like osteoporosis, congenitive heart failure, etc. Thankfulness for what He has done is the healing.

Proverbs 4:23- keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life.

-We believe that God wants to restore drive and passion and revive the heart of teachers that are on the front line of our children. The past two years have been very hard and these teachers have been going through unspeakable challenges that no one ever thought they would have gone through. Also, We believe there are some who God has called to be a teacher, but you became fearful with all the challenges. He wants you to walk one step at a time with Him through this door.

-We believe God is calling home prodigal sons and daughters. Your prayers for the lost are powerful.

-We believe that God is sending spiritual mothers and fathers to those that are thirsty for the Lord.

Brandy CramptonJuly 2, 2022