Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 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.” Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. 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.
1 Kings 19:1-5a (NLT)
There he went into a cave and spent the night.
1 Kings 19:9a (NLT)
A cave can either be a _________________________ place or a ___________________ place.
How do I make it out of the cave of depression?
Restore my _________________________________.
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. 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.” 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.
1 Kings 19:5b-8 (NLT)
Reclaim my _________________________________.
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19:9b (NLT)
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave…”
1 Kings 19:12-13 (NLT)
“Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
Throughout the Bible, caves were places of hiding. Often people went to these caves to hide from what Paul called “battles on the outside and fear on the inside” (2 Corinthians 7:5). In this Lenten series, we will look at seven biblical “caves” and the persons who hide in them. The truth is that everybody does some cave time and God does some of his best work in them.
Kevin Griffin grew up attending church, but it wasn’t until a painful period in his teenage years that he encountered the grace and love of God in a profound and life-changing way. This marked the beginning of his transformation into a grateful and fully devoted follower of Jesus, a journey that led him from his hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Lexington, KY, where he attended college and worked as a youth pastor for several years. Along the way, he discovered a deep joy in helping other people experience the peace and presence of God, especially people who are unwanted, unseen, and unloved.
Kevin is passionate about making disciples of Jesus, helping adults and children understand the Bible, caring for people in poverty, racial reconciliation, team-based ministry, and building cross-cultural ministry partnerships. He is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church and served under appointment for six years in the Kentucky Conference, until he was appointed to Grace Church in 2013 and transferred to the Florida Conference. At Grace Church he has served as Pastor of Connect & Form, Pastor of the Grace Community Center, and currently serves as Pastor of Transformation.
In his current role, he provides leadership and support to all ministries with adults at the Cape Coral Campus, as well as serving on the Grace Church Teaching Team with ongoing responsibilities for preaching and teaching. Kevin received a bachelor’s degree in English and Music Theory from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is married to Ashley, and they live in Cape Coral with their three children.
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Everybody Does Some Cave Time - Part 3 - CC | Sermons | Grace Church
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 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.” Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. 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.
1 Kings 19:1-5a (NLT)
There he went into a cave and spent the night.
1 Kings 19:9a (NLT)
A cave can either be a _________________________ place or a ___________________ place.
How do I make it out of the cave of depression?
Restore my _________________________________.
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. 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.” 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.
1 Kings 19:5b-8 (NLT)
Reclaim my _________________________________.
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19:9b (NLT)
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave…”
1 Kings 19:12-13 (NLT)
“Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
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