1 Kings 19:1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 

1. When I am far from God, I look at secondary causes.

1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

1. When I am far from God, I look at secondary causes. 2. When I react to a secondary cause, I need drama to reinforce MY truth. 

1 Kings 19:3a Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. 

2. When I react to a secondary cause, I need drama to reinforce MY truth.  3. Today I’m in fear or faith, depending on which conversation I’m in.

1 Kings 19:3b-4a When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. 

3. Today I’m in fear or faith, depending on which conversation I’m in. 4. I am only safe when I am off the map. There, I will be in the right conversation.

1 Kings 19:4b-5a He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.

4. I am only safe when I am off the map 4. I am only safe when I am off the map. There, I will be in the right conversation. 5. The best of men are just men, at best. SALT 

1 Kings 19:5b-6 All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

1 Kings 19:7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 

5. The best of men are just men, at best. SALT  6. What I make as too much for me is often too much for me.

1 Kings 19:8-9a So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.  There he went into a (THE) cave and spent the night.

6. What I make as too much for me is often too much for me. 7. My recipe for successfully emerging into happiness is more.

1 Kings 19:9b And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

7. My recipe for successfully emerging into happiness is more. 8. What is my goal here, and what am I actually doing here?

1 Kings 19:10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

8. What is my goal here, and what am I actually doing here? 9. It’s a good thing you have me God. I don’t know how you will make it without me.

1 Kings 19:11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

9. It’s a good thing you have me God 9. It’s a good thing you have me God. I don’t know how you will make it without me. 10. God doesn’t want to __________ me. He just wants to give me Himself.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 1. Don’t make big moves when physically or emotionally fatigued. 2. Don’t let yourself forget what God has been to you.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 2. Don’t let yourself forget what God has been to you. 3. Don’t believe that the solutions are found in retreating or relocating.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 3. Don’t believe that the solutions are found in retreating or relocating. 4. Don’t separate yourself from people that can love on you.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 4. Don’t separate yourself from people that can love on you. 5. Don’t overlook God’s current care.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 5. Don’t overlook God’s current care. 6. Don’t compare yourself with others.

List of don’ts when I tend toward depression: 6. Don’t compare yourself with others. 7. Don’t confuse the past with the present.