It Is Enough (Even When You're Running On Empty) - Pastor J. D. Howell 11-16-2025

If you have your Bibles with you this morning, will

you turn with me to the Book of First Kings.

May I direct your attention to the nineteenth chapter and

the fourth verse. Again. It's good to have Reverend chip

Roy with us today. We appreciate him so much. Prior

to his conversion, he called himself hippie Chippy, and I

told somebody today, y'all can tell I haven't been around

my barber in a couple of weeks. I feel like

Hippie Jeremy, and I will be getting a haircut tomorrow.

Isn't it amazing how a holiness preacher can feel condemned

with just the slightest overgrowth near those ears. It's so

crazy how we can feel so convicted. I thank God

for that conviction. Praise the Lord. Brother Nathaniel, First Kings,

chapter number seventeen, Verses number twelve through fourteen. Brother Jesse

Matthew chapter number six, verse number thirty three again, and

it's good to have Brother Samuel and Sister Megan back

in the House of God. We thank the Lord for

him bringing Mariah through once again. Thank you for your prayers.

It's good to have Brother Nathaniel and Sister Rachel and

their family home. We terribly missed them. We're glad they

had a great time on vacation and that he was

able to slay a deer and bring home some veniceon

praise the Lord. I haven't seen any of that yet,

but I've been told he did kill a deer. Brother Nathaniel,

First Kings, chapter number seventeen, verses number twelve through fourteen.

My brother, and she said, as the Lord, thy God

liveth I have not a cake, but a handful of meal,

and a barrel and a little oil, and a cruise.

And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may

go in and dress it for me and my son,

that we may eat and die. And Elijah said under her,

fear not go and do as thou has said, But

make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it

unto me, and after make for thee thy son. For

thus saith the Lord God of Israel. The barrel of

meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of world fail,

until the day that the Lord sendeth reign upon the earth.

Remember this part of Brother Nathaniel, just read to us,

that I may go in and dress it for me

and my son, that we may eat it and die.

I want to preach a message the Holy Ghost titled

it is enough even if you're running on empty. It

is enough, even if you are running on empty, Brother

Jesse Matthew, chapter number six, verse number thirty three. But

seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,

and all these things shall be added unto you. Amen,

Let's stand for the reading of our golden texts one

Kings nineteen one through five. Please, the Bible says and

A have told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and

with all how he had slain all the prophets with

the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah's saying,

so let the gods do to me, and more also,

if I make naught thy life as the life of

one of them, by tomorrow about this time. And when

he saw that, he arose and went for his life,

and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left

his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey

into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a

juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die.

Did y'all notice that, and he requested for himself that

he might die. Do y'all remember the words of the

widow of Zarafaith. We're gonna partake of this little more soul,

and then my son and I are going to die.

And he requested for himself that he might die, and said,

it is enough now, O Lord, take away my life,

for I am not better than my father's. And as

he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold there

an angel touched him and said, unto him, arise and eat.

After he prayed, Lord, take away my life, he went

to sleep. I wonder if he thought he'd die his sleep.

Let's pray, Heavenly Father, We love and we praise you.

We thank you for the opportunity to be in your house.

We thank you for this thy people, this precious people

of God. We pray Lord, that you would anoint me,

set a guard at my mouth, and help me to

say the things you would have me to say. Nothing

more less, annoint the ears of this thy people, that

they might hear what it is the Spirit of God

says unto this church, not of my words, but of

your word. We pray God anoy us and help us

this day. Let the sayings go below the shoulders. Let

them saturate the soul and the spirit of men, women,

boys and girls. And may we depart this place you

fully and not sorrowfully. In Jesus's name in the church

said amen again, preaching a message the Holy Ghost titled

it is enough even if you're running on empty. Our

text is found in an Old Testament book of the

Holy Bible, the Book of First Kings. This particular book

of the Bible is chalk full of content which may

be pulled and used by the preachers who feel in

need to share the word of God with others. Aren't

you thankful this morning that there are preachers in this

building whom are men with a burden to share the

word of God with you. In fact, the Bible said

faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

When I began to preach, I was very impressed by

the content found within the books of First and Second Kings.

And today this morning again I have been led to

preach from out of this book of the Bible. I

want to share with you a word that came from God,

the statement it is enough, echoed and reverberated throughout the

quarters of my heart in recent days, and I knew

that God would speak to somebody this morning, perhaps somebody

that is dealing with despair or someone who is dealing

with discouragement. I don't want you to be dismayed or

disquieted concerning the events and the circumstances of your life.

There is no doubt there have been some things of

recent days that have shaken the people of God. Even

in this country. We have felt the tremors move beneath

our feet as our world has been shook. And I

believe it is God that is shaken things up. And

I believe it is God who controls the wind and

the rain who is shaking things. Brother Caleb, the one

that controls natural occurrences and events. Forget about Mother Nature.

Let's talk about Father Nature and Father Time. The Lord

God Jehovah, the one that was shaking things up here

in the days of Ahab, and the great Man of

God Elijah. I found here in this copy of the

ancient manuscript the Bible, that these two men were vastly different.

They were different in so many ways, just as different

as the King James translation is from other perversions of

the Bible. The contrast between these two is amazing, the

vastness the difference between the versions. When you think about

this man Elijah, what do you think of? You think

of a locus chomping honey dipping proper, a man of God.

But when you think of Ahab, what do you think of,

Sister Woote? You think of a man that is dainty,

a man that might be dapper, but one that is

also slightly effeminate, one that is not the leader of

his household, one that has not clothed in camel's hair,

but clothed and fine raiment. One is wearing rough hide

and the other one is wearing a soft garment. Brother Staring,

I've heard of you comparing the versions of the Bible.

But thank God for the King James translation. And I'm

glad that you can compare a man of God against

a man of this world and come to the conclusion

that they are different. I'm glad that you can put

certain preachers of certain affiliations, denominations, and associations up against

others and draw this conclusion that they are vastly different.

In fact, in the case of a Hab and Elijah,

we find one was true to the Lord God, Jehovah,

while the other forsook the teachings of the Hebrews and

brought idolatry into the land of Israel. At this time

before Israel emerged, two roads. One was a highway called

holiness that led to heaven. The other was a broadway.

It's a spiraling downward way that leads to a devil's hell.

One of these men was a locust chomping, honey dipping preacher,

and the other daintily. I'm telling you this morning, you

not getting it. I can tell that you are not

getting it. We are dealing with the same thing. In

Pentecostal and holiness churches today there are a lot of

sissifi and effeminate Daddy called and Mama sent preachers children

of politics, just like a have. But Elijah was a

man of God, a prophet of power. One possessed the

backbone of a railroad iron, and the other was spineless.

His spine was as limp as a jellyworm. One was

a praying man, the other a double minded man who

was unstable in all of his ways. Considering this, this

instability in his life in business and religion was the

expected norm for him. But people expected the opposite from

the great Man of God, Elijah. Both men were subject

to like passions as you and I are. But one

of these men chose to pray to the True and

the Living Godho of God, while another one found himself

busy with daily affairs. In regards to the humanity of Elijah,

our golden text shed this light. If you'll look with

me at first kings, chapter number nineteen and verse number four.

The Bible says, but he himself went a day's journey

into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a

juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die,

and said, it is enough now, O Lord, take away

my life, for I am not better than my father's.

I agree with that there is nobody in this building

any more worthy of the blessings of the Lord than

anyone else. I agree that there's nobody in this building

more deserving of having your prayers answered more than anyone else.

We have heard it said before that God is not

a respector of persons, but he is a respect of faith.

The reason why the Father of the faith and the faithful,

namely Father Abraham, was able to receive his prayers answered

it is because he was a man that was devout

in his religion, a man that was sure in his

devotion to God. And we find the same thing with Elijah.

The reason why God answered his prayer through a whisper

or through the fire was because he took time to pray,

and when he prayed, he prayed through sincerity and humility.

From reading scripture, we know that this man is a

praying man, and we know that the Lord hears and

answers his prayer. I thank God for the praying people

of Bethel. I know there are some prayer warriors in

this building, and I know that there are some in

the making. And I tell you this. If you're gonna

make Heaven that's celestial city you'll forever abode and dwell

in place, You're gonna have to become a person that

is interested in prayer and practices prayer. If you look

at First Kings, chapter number nineteen, in verse number four,

our Golden text does not give us additional information or

details concerning all that Elijah had experienced him in his lifetime.

We can reach a conclusion of why he is dealing

with discouragement and why he feels defeated although he is

not defeated at all, Brother Jesse, we can understand why

he has drawn a conclusion that his life must be

over and that God is finished with his ministry. And

I feel like I'm pre the preachers and ministers and

elders of the Bethel Holiness Church and of other places

today who are dealing with discouragement. We've all heard the

scripture preached on that goes like this, for we shall

reap in due season if we faint not. I'm telling you,

once somebody gets weary of spirit, and it is hard

for them to pivot on their heels and head back

in a direction that involves persecution. And that's exactly what

Elijah knew that he was gonna face with some more persecution.

I know there's some of you in this place that

have been taught at other locations that the righteous do

not suffer persecution. That is totally contrasted to what the

Word of God says. That's indirect contradiction to the Word

of God. The righteous, the all of God, they shaft

suffered persecution. In fact, every great person of God that

has done mighty exploits for God has suffered persecution at

some point. And we find ourselves dealing with discouragement. This

man of God must have been dealing with things that

most children of God would never have to experience. Some

sister woot and I'm glad that I don't know what

it's like to stare a king and a queen in

the eyes and to tell them that what they're doing

is displeasing to God. It's hard enough to stand in

a place called God's house and to tell people who

are called of God and those that profess to be

the children of God, that what they're doing is sorely

displeasing to God. I probably will never have the experience

of standing in the prasss of a politician or a

DIGNITARYI in telling them, as John the Baptist and Paul

and so many others did, that what they were doing

was in offense to God. In fact, the Bible tells

us concerning Elijah, and a certain messenger from the kings

and the queen's court had come to him with a

word from the notorious Queen of Israel herself, the notorious

Jezebel has threatened Elijah, Oh, come on now, And her

words were these words, so let the gods do to me,

and more also if I may not thy life as

the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time,

this woman gives him a death threat. And for every

vibrant young male in the building, I've sensed and that

your head has swolso been and your chest has puffed

out right now through arrogants some pride in your spirit,

you have said that a woman would never cause me

to run. Listen, this is Jezabel, notorious, evil, wicked Jezabel.

This is not your mother in law justin her road cap.

I know that y'all had a friendly banter over the years.

I've heard her playfully tell you to shut up, and

I've seen you turn red and turn your face to

the side and laugh it off. This woman is not

playing with Elijah as Sister Simmons does with brother Justin. Oh,

I'm telling you, what in the world is running through

your head? What was running through the head of Elijah

at this time that he would tell God it is enough.

I've had enough of ministry. I've had enough of studying

and preparing for conflict to concerning the things of God.

You will remember the great prophet Jeremiah equally, he faced opposition,

including the threat of his very life. Equally, he received

a death threat, and at some point, after praying through

and after feeling like it is enough, he said his

word was in my heart has a file, shut up him,

my bolts, and I'm weary with forbearing her, and I

cannot stay. What he meant was I must preach. I'm

a preacher and I must preach. And what was Elijah

dealing with, butter Jeremy to cause him to get to

the place where he says, it is enough for the

property power. It is enough of miracle act, a miracle

being performed. It is enough of this successful and fruitful ministry.

Bell Essaniel, What calls this good Man of God to

feel this way? Order into church? And I know you're

up in years, But what has caused you to feel

like God is done with you? What is it causing

you to close your eyes at night, hold that foam

of feathery pillow, and to say, God, it's okay with

me if you take me home in my sleep. Oh

come on, now, I'm telling you there's still a generation

that needs your prayers. Why are you dealing with discouragement? Elijah?

Look around you and see that God has a plan

even when you feel like her, it is enough. Recognize

the fact that if you're running on empty, little is

much when God is in it. I'm not advising anybody

to get in there. God giving auto mobile and no

run on empty, you'll run out. The girl comes times

in your live preacher, pastor first lady minister held her.

Even young person, when you feel like you've done all

that you could do to go on another day, to

get as fired, what's more to preach and to teach

you again? I want you to know little is merchan

when God is in it. There's some of you. You pray,

you seek the Lord, and as much as you do it,

you still feel like the needle is That's only I

want to tell you who if you like your needle,

it's mounting. Only this morning, though, that it is enough.

You see. The answer was in his head. He just

didn't understand. It's not enough to die on. It's enough

to live on. It's enough to run on. I'm telling

you here today it is enough to go on. It's

enough to preach on her. Yes, it's enough to die

on her. Let's live another day, Let's walk another day,

Let's preach another hour. A man so he receives a

death threat. And the devil has lied the elders in

this church and young people and ministers and preachers, and

he's told them your ministry's over because God with you.

God's finished with you. I remember several years ago, the

enemy of my soul afflicted my body. And to be

honest with you, even though I never spoke it out

for many different reasons, inside of my head, it was

running through my mind that it was the end. And

one night God spoke to me and said, have your

son the than you'll pray for you and also your

other sons. And I asked them to come over here

and to pray for me. I'm telling you I've never

told them this. I'll tell them now. But while they

were praying, the hole it goes smoothed on them, and

God touched me and my body in a way like

I'd never been touched. And then I heard, brother Nathan,

you'll praying through the spirit. Oh, come on. God uses

me to pray for you. God uses me to speak

to you. God's using me now to speak to you

to tell you it is enough to live on. It

is enough to go on. Sister Howell, when we feel out.

We just got a little to give. We're starting to

feel aches and pains that we did not expect to

feel around the age of fifty. For the Plat said,

it is not gonna get to any easier. But I know,

sister whooting, Oh, listen to me, it is enough to

live on. It is enough to run hona. It is

enough to preach a honah. It is enough and Betternessanuel

was praying for me that night, and the Holy Ghost

took over, and I remember him saying, yet many days

he hit, many days, he hit many days. You'll live

and you'll preach. And I want you to know. We

may not have printed it in the press, we may

not have broadcasted it on the baths of broadcasts, but

God let me know. You may suffer persecution enough, you

may have to deal with affliction, but it is enough.

And whoever you are here this morning, one mercy dropper

out of heaven. Here's enough, one bood drop, how to

the man your friends, here's enough, one fitless folken word

from the Holy Ghost. Here is enough. Amen, Amen, he's cool.

You'll tell it. What cause this great Man of God

to feel this way? Sister Howell? He felt so depleted?

What's going On. Was it because Sally May had issued

a death threat? No, it was Jezebel, the most wicked

witch of all witches within the borders of Israel, one

who controlled the commander in chief, who controlled one of

the greatest militaries on the face of the earth. Let

me ask you a question, brother Dealon Wood, what would

you do if Nancy Pelosi said that about you, Dylan,

I've got a problem with you, And y'all know what

Jezabel said, Elija, What if Miss Nancy's Pelosi said, Dylan,

You're gonna have me on your trail and the Congress

and the President and the most powerful military on the

face of the planet. I'll tell you what would happen,

Brother Dylan would instantly be deflated. That Barney if five

mentality that that boy's got would instantly be deflated. Come on, now,

Dealingwood has never come across the Sheriff Andy Griffith. He's

come across as Barney Fife. His dad's come across to

as Andy Griffith. But I want you to know, right here,

I could be preaching on a Dealon's disappointment and the

fact that somebody like Nancy Pelosi would even know its

name is this because come concerning. It is very concerning

that she would send a letter through a messenger to

Dealing right now. He said, well, I'd pick up this

and I'll pick up that. It's kind of like Joseph

Biden said to some of the Republican Conservatives, which I

am of that camp. He said, you're little forty five

is nothing in the face of an F sixteen fighter jet.

You know what He's right? And that's what Elijah knew.

He had such enough to know one of the greatest

militaries on the planet. That's my name in their hand

and his operation Elijah Dealer wan if he was Operation Dealing,

what if they were trying to destroy you and elders

and preachers. You know that's what's going on. As good

as I do, these unions ain't yet figured it out.

For this operation We're out the Saints, operation destroy the believers?

Say where the faith? Then? For racing up? Whar them out?

I want you to know those sights of God. He

is hold my side, Amen, Amen, he is on our side.

Jesus is on our site. I'll tell you what would happen.

Brother Dylan would find the hide out, the hidden, the

undiscovered hideout of al Capone, which is somewhere in the

heart of the Everglades. I went down to the Everglades.

When I first come down here, brother Whooton invited me

for a couple of years, please come, I told Charity.

I said, I will not go because I do not

want them to think I'm in it for their money.

I wouldn't even hardly go out to eat with them.

I wanted to prove to them I was not in

this for their money. I was in it for their souls.

He promised me, for a space of about two years,

come it won't cost you anything. That is a big

incentive for a family of eight, and that is a

big savings and a big motivator for somebody to say

it's not going to cost you anything. Is there a

church in this house? All the penning, the penny pension,

Saints of God, all those that are a little bit

stingy and greedy, ought to say amen. And so old

brother Whooton extended an invitation to go down there, and

while we were on one of them swamp buggy rides.

So after two years we accepted his invitation and went

down there. And he wouldn't let me pay for anything.

And so we're riding on one of them swamp buggy rides,

and one of his professional guides was taking us through

the Everglades, and he said, we're not exactly sure where

our capons hiding place was, but we know when he

got in trouble with the federal government, he went as

far south as he could and went into the heart

of the Everglades. Before it was the land of the python.

But I want you to know, before it was the

land of the python, it was a land of plenty

full panthers, the land of the panther. Are y'all with

me right here? And al Capone hid out from the

federal government. And I'm telling you, Elijah is not so

much running out of fear as the realization this woman

is going to have me killed. I'm not saying he

is dealing with fear in a sense that he's afraid

of her. I'm telling you he is a realist, and

he understands who this woman is. He understands who is

behind this woman, who she employs. And so, Brother Philip,

we realize this man has valid, valid reasons for tucking

tail and running seemingly. But I don't believe so much

that he was tucking tail and running. I believe he

was kind of like the white flag on the back

of a deer, if you know what I mean. He

was running out of town with a finger pointing back saying,

it's still gonna rain. That's what God said. And I

feel like Brother Jesse, he was running on empty. But

there's no doubt he's dealing with a discouragement that he

did tell that having Jezebel, he said, it will not

rain again until I pray again. A pairaphraise. But brother

stare it. He said, just let it be known to you.

It will not rain again until I pray again. And

this is why I ain't have exhausted all efforts and

hot pursuit of Elijah. They knew this man's gotta pray again.

And that's what I want to tell some people in

this building this morning. Don't be discourage, don't give up.

It is not enough. Prayer. Pray again, somebody pray again.

That was the message of Elijah to the young man.

Have you saw the cloud yet? I'll pray again. Have

you saw it yet? I pray again. That's what I

want to tell the older That's what I want to

tell the preacher. That's what I want to tell the

young person today. Go ahead and pray. What's more, And

if I remember correctly, Elijah said that the Lord told

him that he better escape for his life. I'm gonna

look it up this afternoon. But if I'm not mistaken,

this man knew he needed to escape for his life,

and so the Lord led him. A man, steps are

ordered by the Lord. A good man, steps are ordered

by the Lord. And the Lord led this good man

to the camp site at Cherith. That would preach the

camp site at Cherith. The preachers can steal that one,

and I won't hold it against them. It won't be

the first time. You can have it. Boy, you don't

even have to say I preached it. But the Lord

led him to a campsite at Cherith. This campsite was

as convenient as a five star resort. There's a nice

brook of water flowing by a right there, and there's

a haven full of ravens. Brother, Chiproy, you like birds,

you'd really like these birds because you like to eat

as much as I do. And you know what they

were doing. They were dropping food from out of the sky.

Ravens were sharing their food with a real man of God. Oh,

come on now. And when God moved the raymons out

of that vicinity, the Lord sent the man of God elsewhere. Meanwhile,

the brook dried up, and the Lord sent him to

a city called a Zerapath, and there was a widow

woman who would be the one to sustain him. I

want you to know it works on two ends, on

one end and the other. At both ends, God works

because a few Bible students will remember this. I'm walking

over here around the Bible student area, and over there's

another Bible student area. The Bible said that God had

commanded a woman there to sustain him. This lets me know,

Brother Ethan, she knew he was coming. Oh, come on now.

She's running on empty. The part of all is all

but spent. The barrel of our meal is all wasted away.

And she's out there gathering a few sticks. And she

had heard from God. If I'm not mistaken, this a

region of Zeapat, and it's kind of the same area

that Jessebel came from. It's called the smelting place. It's

a place where they would take iron and alloys and

purge it of its impurities. It was an undesirable place.

It was just the wretch of a city, just a

stitch and a mess. And God sent to this man Elijah,

outside of the borders of where we would have thought

the provision would have been made. You would have thought

there to been a widow of Jerusalem, or a widow

of Judah, or a widow of Dan. But this unlikely

widow is the vessel that God chooses. She is not

the one you would expect to be used by God.

She's one hundred miles away from where Elijah had been.

And I want you to know her here this morning. Now,

if you'll stop praying with sincerity and through humility, it

doesn't matter how far you feel you are from God

or how far from the blessing you are. You could

be physically one hundred miles away and God conscended up

right to you. I said, God, that seeing your miracle

right to you. So how did it happen that day

when the wind blew and the ravens flew? What direction

did they head in? I kind of have the feeling

in my wild imagination that brother Nathaniel inherited. I kind

of had the feeling brother ship there goes to birds

like a compass. Oh, this Funday morning, I know he

comes into the Arafat and out there is a little woman

picking up a few sticks. She don't have a bundle

of fire with brother Richard Jacob. She doesn't have a

quard of wood. She's picking up a few sticks. That

widow is airfath that nobody that no name. Are y'

all listening to me? For those of you that deal

with insecure, for those of you that deal with insufficiencies,

for those of you that feel like you're unworthy? How

about widows? How about it, widows of Bethel? How about it?

Adding one more to the table is a big deal,

isn't it? I'm sure it is. Adding one more placement,

put one more plate, one more fork down is a

really big deal when you're about to run out. One

more family moving to Bethel pastor one more student in

your Sunday school class teacher, One more mouth to feed.

Somebody said, well, if I could get my church over fifty,

then it would take care of itself.

A whoa, WHOA feeling good this morning? One more mouth

to feed, one more needy person.

God that send her a hab, God that send her

riches of Israel. God iss he said, oh, Bush, he

sent her man of God. Oh come on. Now, that's

what the man outside of the gate called beautiful needed.

He didn't need silver and gold, he needed what they had,

and what Elijah had he would give under her. And

I'm telling you this morning, God's got enough and enough

to spare for every person in this house. Amen. Amen,

I'm sure Elijah was hoping. This is one of the

givers of the church over here at the Snagoue. Amen.

Whatever religion this woman is of, hopefully she is one

of the children of God that is being grafted in.

Hopefully she's a believer in Jehovah. And she was because

she heard a little whisper that said, Help's coming, Helps coming,

the answers on the way. And I'm telling the widows

of Bethel, I'm telling the elders and the ministers of Bethel,

and the preacher's wife and the laity. Help is coming.

Help is on its way. I was sitting in solitude

by myself over the weekend and I begin to smell rain.

I'm telling you, when my natural news and natural sense,

I smelled a thundershower and a thunderstorm like you could

never imagine. And I said God, I feel you from

the top of my head to the souls of my feet,

I feel the spirit of God, Brother Nathaniel. And for

some that has felt like they've been running on empty,

it is enough, I said, it is enough. I'm sure

Elijah's running on empty at this time. The widow is there,

fat is running on empty, her child is running on

if empty. But she's one of the givers in the church,

if you know what I mean. Come on now, there's

them people in the church that will give the shirt

off their back. There are them people in the church

that will give the shoes off their feet to God

loveth a cheerful giver. And here's this woman not hiding

in her house. She's out there draw holding them sticks up.

And she knew what God had said. There is a

man coming that will sustain thee. If you've got a

drive an hour or an hour and a half, or

two hours or one hundred miles, there is a man

that will sustain you. Oh, come on, I'm preaching to

them ladies and them men that will give you the

last hushpuppy in the basket. That's who I'm preaching to

right here this morning at Beth on those that would

give you the last hushpuppy in a basket, my God

in heaven. I wish the Holy Ghost had a title

that the last hushpuppy in the basket, Praise the Lord.

I love that. Hey man, some of you wouldn't do it,

but there's some of you do it. And if you

could give the preacher more than one more than the

last one, you would you could just make some more.

You would come on. If I just had what I

needed in order to give, I'm telling you you're gonna

have what you need in order to give. I can

feel your teacher's burden. I can feel the preescher's burden

when they're preaching. I can tell they pray and they

cry and they say, God, you expect us to get annoyed.

And I'm gonna tell you, put God first. Put God first.

That's what God told Elijah to tell the woman, give

me one first over there, and honder us my friend,

and I will not give us a name right now

because of the spies and listen over the airways like

to contact other people's contacts. You know, the Bible talked

about them kind that would come pass land and say

and prose the lots. I will withhold his name, but

sister how and I met him on faith by divine appointment,

having no contacts in the country, and after praying, God

led us to him, and he has become a great

friend of ours and Brother Jesse. He sent me some

pictures and videos yesterday's sister Janet Hill. At the end

of their service, they were passing out clothing items. I've

got videos and pictures. I wanna share it with a

church of people rejoicing. I don't know who gave the overalls,

but that was the highlight of the night. Them people

were putting on overalls and apparently they had seen the

farmers of America wear them. They had never had denim overalls.

You could see everybody snatching their phones out of their

pocket books and taking pictures of the Honda in them

American looking cowboy of whatever, farmer boy overalls. And they're

trying to figure out where did all these blessings come from.

I tell you where all the blessings come from. It

pays to serve God in the beauty of holiness. It

pays to pray. I'm telling you, God led us to

a people that we did not even know existed. How

did God do that? Because he is God. I said,

there's more from where that came from. For you, there's

more for you from where that came from. When I

first met that young man, I said something about we

must put God first. And I saw him shake tremble

just a little bit, and I felt like that spoke

to him. And now there's not a conversation that we

have that is not peppered with first God. He got

a little bit backwards. I said, God first, Put God first,

and sister woot and he will be in the middle

of a conversation talking about the weather. It's flooding here.

First God wanted Sister how because I told him, I said,

young man, your grandpa was a holness preacher man, one

of the greats over here in this country. He's the legend.

So I'm discovering after meeting you, you look like a

man of the world, but your granddaddy's the legend of

this area holiness man. He said, sir, my people that

I backslid from dressed just like your wife does, the

ladies do, and the men dressed like you are. Now

he looked like a man of this world. Shorts on.

God led me to him, and after about an hour

and a half I asked him, I said, do you

know Jesus? He said, oh, boy, do I I was

raised away. You and your wife are living. I said,

hold on, no makeup, no jewelry, nothing. He said exactly.

He said, I'll show you, and he took me to

the church where holiness women are. No cut hair on

the women, no makeup, no jewelry, with a praying pastor,

praying people to get in the altar before and after

the church, and prayed during the alder service. God was mindful.

And now, sister, how here's him say it every day

multiple times? God first his words. First God. When sister

Crystal Harris moved down here, we had a service similar

to this one, and I just thought of this. She

came to the altar and she prayed. God spoke to

a woman that had nothing more in a duffel bag,

just a few belongings. Needed a job, needed, a house,

needed a vehicle, homeless. God spoke these words Matthew six

thirty three. But seeking first the Kingdom of God and

his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

I propose to you that the widow was therea faith

was a god fearing woman who put God first, because

when the test came to put God first through his man,

she did so. I'm sure this widow who gave to

Elijah was concerned about tomorrow. I don't know about tomorrow,

but I know who holds tomorrow. Listen to the words

of Jesus in the next verse Matthew six thirty four.

Take therefore no thought for tomorrow, for themorrow shall take

the thought for the things of itself sufficient. Unto the

day is the evil thereof Tomorrow was taken care of

because of this woman's obedience. Tomorrow was taken care of

because of this woman's obedience. In verse number thirteen of

first seventeen, it says, and Elijah said, unto her fear

not go and do as thou hast said, And make

me therefore a little cake first, and bring it unto me,

and after make for thee and for thy son. For

thus saith the Lord God of Israel. The barrel of

meals shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fell,

until the day of the Lord send rain upon the earth.

Back to our golden text. In the back of Elijah's

mind was the answer all the time. It is enough.

It is enough. The Man of God had the answer.

You have the answer. He is enough. You may be

fleeing from a spiritual notorious Jezebel, and you may have

received death threats from a notorious Ahab, but your strength

is in the Lord. Elijah's strength was their brother Nathaniel.

He must draw from what was there. He must draw

from the little. He needs to remember what the Lord

told the widow of Zarafath. And this is what the

Holy Ghost really dealt with me on the answers literally

in his hand. He had been to the widow of

Airfath two chapters prior, quite a bit of time back

while he's dealing with Ahab and hit out, are y'all

with me? What did our techs say? Shall we read

it again? He's ready to die because he slew all

of Jezebel's prophets on Mount Carmel. He brought them down

from there after the showdown and slaughtered them. Is that

right after fire had fallen out of heaven. He's dealing

with discouragement. But Brother Jesse, he had prophesied and God

had said to the widow sometime prior, you're gonna have

plenty of meal and plenty of will until it rains.

She's going to live on. It is enough until it rains.

Some of you are getting it. Some of you are

ready for a chicken. The answer was there all the time.

The barrel of meal shall not waste. The crews of

war will not fail. The promises aren't echoing in your mind.

The promises of God are yeay and amen. It is

enough until the Lord sends the rain. Until the Lord

sends the rain, you can eat many days, widow of

zarah Fath, until the Lord sends the rain. He is

Jehovah Jirah, and he will supply all of your needs

according to his riches in glory. You may continue running

on empty, but you will eat for many days. Let's stand.

Only those who have fault can relate to this message.

Only those who have possessed and through great effort and

work in labor, have found themselves depleted. Can they relate

to this message and this morning's message. I'm not dealing

with the weariness of the sinner. I'm dealing with the

weariness of the saint. I'm not dealing with the one

that is grieved of habitual sin and the consequences of

their misdeeds and actions. I'm talking about the one that

has just been given at their best, and the one

that age is taking a toll on, and the one

who can't regain their health, and the one that's just

dealing with physical weariness. I'm going to tell you where

our strength comes from from the Lord. Y'all may not

think so, but our Sunday school teachers had to teach

week in week out so as to how and I

had business in Miami for a week. We came back

for church Wednesday night, only to leave just before church

started to go to the hospital hand the messages. Late

that night, she said, well, I'm sure every bit of

the rest that y'all got you've lost, Sister Howell said.

Within twenty minutes of me heading north yesterday, she said,

I could see the strain of the ministry on you already,

because my mind went to today. Pastors live with that, whether

they preach it or not, they live with it. Apostle

Paul described it as this the care of all of

the churches. Why the care of all the churches? Because

he would pin those Pauline epistles that would bring strength

to all of the churches, both then and the present

and in the future. The burden the weight to the

daddy that's doing his best to make ends meet, to

the mother that's doing the best to pray for her children,

to that one that's depleted. This morning, I have reached

and preached to you. It is enough, even when you're

running on empty. Could we bow our heads? I remember

years ago preaching a message titled you can run, but

you can't hide, And I'm sure countless the preachers have

used that title. But a preacher from the state of

Ohio was in the building, and it was probably in

his early sixties at that time. I didn't expect him

to come forward, but he come running forward, and he

dove into the front pew, and he cried, and he

prayed for an hour and at the church with a

handkerchief in his hand. Wife in big tears from big eyes,

he said, Brother Jeremy, only God could have known what

I was dealing with, because here I am on up

in years and I'm feeling washed up and worthless, and

I've been running from the call. I think what can

I do? What can I do? I'll tell you what

you can do. You can run on and live on.

Even if you feel like you're own empty. It is enough.

I don't want to have a general alter call at

this time. Is there somebody in this building right now

that would come and pray? I know you're in here.

I know the burden God gave me. A miracle is

being prepared for you. There is a miracle into making.

All through the night, God dealt with my spirit to

tell you there's a miracle into making. There's a miracle

into making. What about them promises? It's enough to hold

on to them promises. God is not slack concerning his promise.

The answer is in your head, it's in your heart.

There's about twenty people responding. I even want to give

our musicians a break today and let them be poured

into the Lord's spirit. It is enough. Again, I remind

you both are ready to lay down and die, Elijah

and the widow. But when they woke up, it was

God's will that they continue on. Be not weary in

well doing for indue season. You shall reap if you faint. Not.

Now is when we have to pray through humility and sincerity.

You have to say God, this was for me. I

needed this. Elijah was a praying man Ahab, a double

minded man. One was stable, the other unstable.