ONE WORD TO RELEASE THE RAIN - Reset 2018. Pastor David Rathel. 01.21.18

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ONE WORD TO RELEASE THE RAIN - Reset 2018 Jan. 21 - Pastor David Rathel “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” John 6:63 YOUR ONE WORD OF SPIRIT AND LIFE: Every Story Of TRANSFORMATION Begins With A WORD From God. Do SOMETHING About ONE THING Instead Of NOTHING About Everything. My One Word is a LENS through which you will SEE, not a PROMISE which you must keep. You Will Keep Your “Word From God” In FRONT of you so you won’t FORGET God’s Voice. God’s One Word For RiverTown In 2018 As A Family Is ABUNDANCE! Under King Ahab, Israel’s Word Was DROUGHT. 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” What Is Your Drought Word? What Word Would Release Your Rain? (Last Sunday, The Last Year, Youth Lock-In) YOUR WORD BECOMES YOUR WATER. Hosea 6 1“Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. 2“He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day That we may live before Him. 3“So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth.” Receive Your Word ~ Become Your Word ~ Release Your Word Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. It’s Got To Reign In You Before It Will Rain Around You. 1 Kings 18:37-39 37Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” 38Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!” 1 Kings 18:41-46 41And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 43“Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” 44The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’?” 45Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. Prayer Of Honi, The Circle Maker “Lord of the Universe, I swear before your great name that I will not move from this circle until you have shown mercy upon your children. Not for such rain have I prayed, but for rain that will fill cisterns, pits, and caverns. Not for such rain have I prayed, but for rain of Thy favor, blessing, and graciousness.”