HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

2 Kings 4:1-7

Key Verse 4:2

Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."

1. Read verse 1 and think about what the woman said to Elisha. What might she have meant by the following statements?

1) Your servant my husband is dead;

2) and you know that he revered the Lord; and 

3) but now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.

2. In verse 2a Elisha asks, "How can I help you?" Did she answer the question? Yet, in what respect was this question necessary for her to consider and answer? 

3. Read verse 2b and think about the question Elisha asked her and the answer she gave. Why do you think Elisha bothered to ask her about what she had in her house?

4. Read verses 3-7 and compare what she began with ("a little oil") and what she ended up with. 

1) How much did she get? 

2) How did she get what she got?

3) How much more could she have gotten? 

** Write a bible testimony on how you want the Lord bless you in the year(s) to come.

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