27th Sept Sermon Discussion - "This Day We FIGHT!"

Scripture Reference: 2 Kings 13:14-20

Jehoash is a King of Israel of the Northern Kingdom during the last days of Elisha. When Elisha was very sick, King Jehoash came to Elisha, crying for help. From the story of King Jehoash, we can imagine that King Jehoash was not very hopeful that he will be able to defeat the enemies of Israel… There seemed to be a Passive Spirit…

The Question in today’s Message: How can we Break Free from the Passive Spirit?

1. We are Positioned for God’s Promises - Anointed for Victory
The Question we need to first ask ourselves is do we believe that God has blessed us with His Victory?
As October approaches, it also means that we are nearer to all our Final Year Exams, do we believe that God has blessed us with Victory in our Studies?
Let’s share with everyone, how well do you think you are doing in your revision? How well do you think you will do in this coming exam?


2. We are to Possess the Promises – Fight from Victory
As much as God wants to bless us, we need to recognize it is about 100% God & 100% Man… God wants to help us, but the question is do we want to help ourselves? God will not just ZAP us and give us good results like that… God wants us to grow in diligence, faithfulness… We need to work hard, then we can be good at it… Every promise of God needs to be followed through.

3 possible reasons that caused us to be Passive: Discourage; Wearing Down; & Fear
- In real life, are there things that are happening around us to make us feel Discouraged?
- Are there things in our lives that caused us to have a feeling of “Wearing Down”? What are they?
- Are there things that we are afraid of?

Optional Activity: Let’s play a game, it is called, Piggy Back – Dog & Bone!
Same as Dog & Bone, but 2 persons combined into one number, one be the horse, one be the person to grab the bone… Only the person on top can grab the bone & the person on top cannot touch the ground with his or her feet… (Please note that the pair in the Piggy Back should be of the same gender…)
Debrief for the Game: Is it tough? Did some just give up? Then sure lose, right? Remember this: Whenever we give up, we will sure Lose!


3. We need to have Passion for the Promiser – Persevere for Victory
When we have PASSION, we will be able to Persevere & be an Overcomer
Last but not least, remember that we need to depend on God… Let’s not be like the kings of Israel, depend on so many other things but not totally depend on God…
Let’s go into a time of prayer and ask God to bless us with Victory… Let’s hold hands in a circle and pray together…