1 Kings – Power and Hope 16: The Failure of Politics 1 Kings 20-21 Jodie McNeill – 12-13 June 2021

Bullies and bad leaders

We will see big _______ doing big bullying

The bully north of the border __________ Israel

King Ahab _________ to the bully

King Ahab shows ____ amidst hopelessness

The ____ is on the side of Israel

King Ahab ______ the word of the Lord

Bully Ben-hadad is __________

They misunderstood the ________ of the Lord

The Lord has won and the bully is ________

The Lord won, but Ahab _______ him

The Lord’s king needs to ______ to the Lord

Naboth wanted to ____ the Lord, not the king

Jezebel doesn’t ____ for the word of the Lord

Judgement comes from the Lord to ____

Ahab and Jezebel were the epitome of ____

God’s mercy is totally __________

1 Kings – Power and Hope 15: The One and Only God! 1 Kings 18-19 Jodie McNeill – 5-6 June 2021

Farewell the smorgasbord

The different religions are not all ____

Nobody comes to the Father except by _____

We’ll see one of the great spiritual _______

Elijah _____ the Lord and travels to King Ahab

Elijah comes face-to-face with King ____

An ambassador can’t ______ the message

Ahab submits to the _______ of Elijah

You can’t follow both: you’ve got to make a ______

Elijah gives the crowd a _________

Nothing but deafening _______ from Baal

The prophets of Baal were sincerely _____

Elijah prays a powerful ______

Yahweh, the Lord, is the ______!

God’s judgement is ____, and it’s coming

The drought was over and King Ahab had ________

Elijah was ______ and fled for his life

The original promise was still ____


1 Kings – Power and Hope 14: My God is so Big! 1 Kings 17 Jodie McNeill – 29-30 May 2021

#nofilter

The Bible is embarrassingly real and ______

Because the Bible feels ____, it shows that God is real

Today we meet ______, a hero of the Old Testament

Elijah tells Ahab that a punishing _______ has begun

The Lord tells Elijah to run away and ____

Ahab could have chosen to ______ by now

Elijah is told to _____ Israel for Baal-land

The widow says that she has no ____

Elijah says ‘Don’t be ______’

Jesus gives us true hope for the ______

The woman has a real test of _____

Every day, the Lord ________

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary ________

Asking ‘why’ after _______ makes no sense to an atheist

What seemed impossible was ________ to God

The widow woman declared her _____ in God’s word

My God is so big!

1 Kings – Power and Hope 13: Promise and Power 1 Kings 15-16 Jodie McNeill – 22-23 May 2021

Cease fire

God’s kingdom was divided, and it’s a real ____

Has God’s promise ______?

We meet ___ Southern kings then ___ Northern kings

The one nation is _________ for now

King David is the _________ for all the kings

David wasn’t perfect, but he was ________

Asa was king for a ____ time

Following the Lord is more important than following ______

Things have _________ in the war in Israel

Asa ______ a pagan king with the temple treasures

We must ____ for the great king to follow David

Nadab ruled until he was ______ by King Baasha

Even ______ human actions can serve God’s purposes

It’s good that God is a righteous _____

Baasha died and was followed by King ____

Elah was killed by King _____

Zimri died and was replaced by King ____

____ became king and took idolatry to a new level

What’s happened to the _______ God made to David?

Our patience today will be rewarded with the ______ of Jesus

1 Kings – Power and Hope 12: The Darkness of Deception 1 Kings 14 – Jodie McNeill – 15-16 May 2021

We deceive ourselves

It starts with a little sin and turns into a ______ sin

When we wilfully sin, we try to _______ God

There is justice, but there is also _____

_______ strikes Jeroboam

Jeroboam’s solution is to _______ God’s prophet

Jeroboam was too proud to ________ God

It’s a waste of ____ to try and deceive God

The prophet has ___ news for Jeroboam

Jeroboam is the most ____ person of all

God gets very _____ at sin

The son of the king will ___, but with dignity

The gathering will turn into a __________

One sinless king can bring ___________ to a kingdom

If he was ______ with God then things would be different

Even before he was king, Solomon took a _______ wife

The Lord was _______

Judah turned as _____ as they could get

The king of Egypt stole the _____ of the Lord

The once-united kingdom was deeply _______

If we claim we have no sin, we are _______ ourselves

Our advocate pleads our case before the Father

1 Kings – Power and Hope 11: The Word of the Lord 1 Kings 13 Jodie McNeill – 8-9 May 2021

A voice-operated universe 

The most powerful voice is the voice of the ____

We see the _____of the word of God

The man of God from Judah goes to ______

The prophet from Judah shouts out a ________

The altar would be polluted then _________

The king orders the prophet to be ______

The king’s hand became _________

The king cried out for _____

The king’s hand was ______

The Lord told the prophet not to accept ___________

We must stand for the truth, even when it breaks _____

The man of God refuses ____________ from the old prophet

The man of God believes the ___ and eats with the prophet

The old prophet ________ and speaks the word of the Lord

The man from Judah will die in _____

The ‘innocent’ man dies in __________ of the word of the Lord

The death of the ‘innocent’ man brought __________

The word of the Lord is still ________ today


1 Kings – Power and Hope 10: The Great Divide 1 Kings 12 Jodie McNeill – 1-2 May 2021

Choosing a leader

Studying the kings of Israel _______ us about the messiah

Rehoboam meets the people in _______

‘All Israel’ is only the ________ kingdom

The Northern tribe ask ________ to join them

Solomon had put a heavy ____ on them

Jesus offers to take our heavy ____ and burden

The elders tell the king to _____ the people

Jesus came not to be served but to _____

The younger men advise the king to make life ______

Rehoboam makes them serve him ______

God is in control of absolutely __________

The _____ in the kingdom happens

Rehoboam is __________

Jeroboam is made king of the _____

The Lord prevents a ___ between North and South

_______ becomes the capital of the North

Jeroboam makes two golden ______

The Northern kingdom had a __________ way to worship

Jeroboam made a fake ____ of the Lord’s religion

This shows us how much we need _____

1 Kings – Power and Hope 9: Losing My Religion – 1 Kings 11 24-25 April 2021

A time for great rejoicing

It is tragic when a person _____ away

It is tragic when a Christian ______ falls away

We go from great heights to great ______

Solomon loved women from other _______

Jesus must be our number-one ____

Solomon’s heart turned ____ from the Lord

Solomon fully __________ other gods

David was a great ______ with a great saviour

The Lord was very _____ at Solomon

The great kingdom of Israel would be ____ away

In judgement there was _____, for David’s sake

God will forgive us when we ______

Solomon’s sin sits within the ___________ of God

Jeroboam would become ____ of Israel

Jerusalem is the Lord’s precious ____

Solomon is replaced by his son, ________

Don’t love the world or it will lead you ____ Jesus 

Intergenerational Life Psalm 78 Matt Bartlett – 10-11 April 2021

What are you doing to _____________ to the next generation?


He wants us to _____________ to his Instructions.

________________ which have been passed on from one generation to the next.

God commanded his people to _________ of God to the next generation.

Faith is a strong trust in God, based on ______________________ from people you trust.

These glorious deeds of the LORD _______ by the generation that saw them with their very own eyes!

God doesn’t __ this cycle to continue forever.

The Lord provides his people with a ______ .

God provided Jesus — the ___________ King.

We are _________ in our fellowship.

An effective _________ between parents and the church.

Don’t just leave them ___________ themselves.

Actively invest in ____________ relationships.

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