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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/" target="_blank">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">October 31, 2012</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUN
19 - 2 KINGS 1-3 - ELISHA: BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
1:15b-16 (1, ESV) ELIJAH: FORETELLS DEATH OF AHAZIAH. <font size="3">So
Elijah arose and went down with him to the king </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">16</font><font size="3">
and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because you have sent
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron - is it
because there is no God in Israel t</font><font size="3">o</font><font size="3">
inquire of his word? - therefore you shall not come down from the bed
to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">It
is dangerous to mess with a prophet, a true man of God. Through him
Your true Kingdom O Father, is made manifest. </span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
2:9 (2:1-12) ELISHA: RECEIVES MANTLE OF ELIJAH. <font size="3">“When
they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Ask what I shall do for
you, before I am taken from you.’ And Elisha said, ‘P</font><font size="3">l</font><font size="3">ease
let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.’” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is a bold request! Father, make us like Elisha, one who </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">hungered</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">thirsted</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
after righteousness. We would let </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
will be done in us as it is in heaven! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
2:14 (2:13-18) ELISHA: DRAMATICALLY COMMENCES HIS MINISTRY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Then
he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the
water, saying, ‘Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?’ And when
he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to
the other, and Elisha went over.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Elijah
had been noted through signs, wonders and miracles; no</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">w</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Elisha had joined him. </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
confirmed their words in this way, Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
2:22 (2:19-22) ELISHA: HEALS WATER AND BARREN LAND. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“So
the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that
Elisha spoke.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is a powerful word! O forgive us Father, that so few of us have the
zeal and desire of Elisha to so press in, that it is right for You to
honor Your word through us. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
2:24 (2:23-25) ELISHA: IRREVERENCE CURSED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
Elisha turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the
name of the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore
forty-two of the boys.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">When
we mock Your servants, we mock </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
O Great Jehovah Father. When Israel rejected Samuel, they rejected
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
We take warning from these youths. May we walk softly before You in
Your fear. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
3:14-15 (3:1-15) ELISHA: REBUKES ALLIANCE OF JEHOSHAPHAT AND
JEHORAM. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
Elisha said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were
it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would
neither look at you nor see you. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">15
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">But
now bring me a musician.” And when the musician played, the hand of
the LORD came upon him. </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Music
restores us to prophetic usefulness, even though we stand in your
presence, Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
3:16, 18 (3:16-27) ELISHA: PROPHESIES WATER AND VICTORY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
he said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will make this dry streambed
full of pools.’ </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">18
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
is a light thing in the sight of the LORD. He will also give the
Moabites into your hand.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a powerful word! No word from You Father, is void of power. You </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">watch
over</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your word to perform it! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
1:15 (1) ELIJAH: RECEIVES GOD’S WORD. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Then
the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be
afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king. </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
should not be afraid of the ministry of angels; yet neither should we
go looking for this, nor be tempted to worship Your messengers,
Father.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Elisha
asked from Elijah a double portion of the Spirit. In Israeli history,
the first-born son receives a double portion over and above the
following sons. So Joseph received in Ephraim and Manasseh 2 parts in
the 12 tribe over against his brothers.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is what Elisha was asking of Elijah - a double portion as his
spiritual first-born. and - there are those who have checked through
the miracles performed by these two - and discovered that Elisha
performed twice those of Elijah.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">However
- just as Jacob as the father of Joseph superseded him in honor as a
member of the three Israeli patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - so
Jesus said that for Elijah - none superseded him among OT prophets -
and this included Elisha.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
chapter of Proverbs for the day: 19:17 (19) PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Whoever is
generous to the poor </span></font><u><font size="3">lends to the LORD</font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
and he will repay him for his deed.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
lend to You Father, when we give to the poor. Charles H. Spurgeon
knew and practiced this </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">well</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
O teach us that when we walk in this truth - we are </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowing
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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