TO:ALL ACCC Youth D-Group Leader/Facilitator

Here is the Lesson for our D-group.

Please study it thoroughly and ask for God’s
deeper revelation.
Enjoy your time with Him.
May God fill you up so we can all fill others.
God bless us all!
See you po sa Tuesday.

~ Ptra Al
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Tuesday Youth D-Group

August 6, 2019

WHEN TRUSTING GOD IS A HANDFUL

Expanded Passage:
1 Kings 17: 1-18: 46

READ:
Read the passage aloud slowly

1 Kings 17:7-16 ESV

v.7 “And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
v.8 Then the word of the Lord came to him,
v.9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I
have commanded a widow there to feed you."
v.10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city,
behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Bring
me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
v.11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a
morsel of bread in your hand."
v.12 And she said, "As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a
handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a
couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may
eat it and die."
v.13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first
make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for
yourself and your son.
v.14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be
spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends
rain upon the earth.'" v.15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and
her household ate for many days.
v.16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty,
according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.”

1 Mga Hari 17:7-16 MBB05

v.7 “Ngunit dumating ang panahon na natuyo na rin ang batis.
v.8  Kaya sinabi sa kanya ni Yahweh,
v.9 “Umalis ka rito. Pumunta ka sa Sarepta, sa lupain ng Sidon. May inutusan akong
isang biyuda na magpapakain sa iyo roon.”
v.10  Pumunta nga siya roon, at nang papasok na siya ng pintuan ng lunsod, nakita
niya ang biyuda na namumulot ng panggatong. Sinabi niya sa babae, “Maaari po bang
makiinom?”
v.11 Aalis na ang babae upang ikuha siya ng tubig nang pahabol niyang sabihin,
“Kung maaari, bigyan mo na rin ako ng kapirasong tinapay.”
v.12 Sumagot ang babae, “Saksi si Yahweh, ang inyong buháy na Diyos na wala na
kaming tinapay. Mayroon pa kaming kaunting harina at ilang patak na langis.
Namumulot nga ako ng panggatong upang lutuin iyon at makakain man lamang kami ng
anak ko bago kami mamatay.”
v.13 Sinabi sa kanya ni Elias, “Huwag kang mag-alala. Pumunta ka na at gawin mo ang
iyong sinabi. Ngunit ipagluto mo muna ako ng isang maliit na tinapay, at pagkatapos
magluto ka ng para sa inyo.
v.14  Sapagkat ganito ang sabi ni Yahweh, Diyos ng Israel: Hindi ninyo mauubos ang
harina sa lalagyan, at hindi rin matutuyo ang langis sa tapayan hanggang hindi
sumasapit ang takdang araw na papatakin na ni Yahweh ang ulan.”
v.15 Ginawa nga ng babae ang utos ni Elias at hindi naubos ang pagkain ni Elias at
ng mag-ina sa loob ng maraming araw.
v.16 Hindi nga naubos ang harina sa lalagyan, at hindi rin natuyo ang langis sa
sisidlan, tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ni Elias.”

THINK:
Read the passage slowly again.
This time notice the repetitive phrases and words that seem to shimmer.
Are there words in this passage that you sense God is saying to you?

1. How do you resemble Elijah, the loner  who was perhaps content by the solitary
brook but now has to venture into Palestinian territory and ask a widow for her
last dime.

2. How do you identify with the widow and feel that Elijah is asking too much?
How difficult is for you to give up the last handful of flour?
Hold out your hand in front of you. Open and close it.
Imagine that the amount of flour your hand could hold is all that stands between
you and death.

3. How do you think the widow felt every time she put her hand in the jar and there
was another handful of flour?

PRAY:
Ask God what might be your jar of flour today — something that needs filling up.
It’s okay to tell God He’s asking too much.
At first, the widow did just that.
Trusting God is a process.

LIVE:
Consider how it would feel to trust God this much.
How would your life be different if you trusted God with just a little more every
single morning, as the widow did?