{"id":3006,"date":"2020-10-20T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riveroflifetwinlake.org\/riveroflife\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:03:10","slug":"2020-10-18-sunday-message-focus-on-gods-promises-by-pastor-don-benedict-audio-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riveroflifetwinlake.org\/riveroflife\/2020-10-18-sunday-message-focus-on-gods-promises-by-pastor-don-benedict-audio-video\/","title":{"rendered":"2020-10-18 Sunday Message, Focus On God&#8217;s Promises by Pastor Don Benedict (audio\/video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_75865\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQ4NE2RDj5Q?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Genesis to Revelation God Almighty has proven His power with incredible miracles providing for and protecting His people. So &#8220;<span class=\"ind\"><strong>Do not fear, for those who <i>are<\/i> with us <i>are<\/i> more than those who <i>are<\/i> with them.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2 Kings 6:8-20 (NKJV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, &#8220;My camp <i>will be<\/i> in such and such a place.&#8221;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, &#8220;Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.&#8221;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then the king of Israel sent <i>someone<\/i> to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, &#8220;Will you not show me which of us <i>is<\/i> for the king of Israel?&#8221;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And one of his servants said, &#8220;None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who <i>is<\/i> in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.&#8221; <span class=\"ind\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So he said, &#8220;Go and see where he <i>is,<\/i> that I may send and get him.&#8221; And it was told him, saying, &#8220;Surely <i>he is<\/i> in Dothan.&#8221;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, &#8220;Alas, my master! What shall we do?&#8221;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So he answered, &#8220;<strong>Do not fear, for those who <i>are<\/i> with us <i>are<\/i> more than those who <i>are<\/i> with them.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Elisha prayed, and said, &#8220;LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.&#8221; Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain <i>was<\/i> full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So when <i>the Syrians<\/i> came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, &#8220;Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.&#8221; And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now Elisha said to them, &#8220;This <i>is<\/i> not the way, nor <i>is<\/i> this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.&#8221; But he led them to Samaria.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, &#8220;<span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>, open the eyes of these <i>men,<\/i> that they may see.&#8221; And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and there <i>they were,<\/i> inside Samaria!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From Genesis to Revelation God Almighty has proven His power with incredible miracles providing for and protecting His people. 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