Message Notes for September 21, 2025

Series: Moments that Matter

Title: A Moment of Teachability and Loyalty

Life is a continuum filled with moments.  Some moments, if we step into them, God provides opportunity to change everything.

Teachability and the pitfalls of Teachability

Elisha –1 Kings 19:19 – 2 Kings 13:21

What made Elisha so teachable and therefore so in line with God? 

1) He did not straddle the fence. 

1 Kings 19:21 ESV 

2) He valued serving more than getting.

2 Kings 2:1-2 ESV 

3) He seized the journey rather than the destination.

Matthew 28:19- 20 ESV

4) He had a hunger to be more.

2 Kings 2:9 ESV  

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV  

John 14:12-13 ESV 

Where is God calling you to a greater moment of teachability and loyalty to Him?

Family/Group Study Notes for the week of September 21, 2025

Series: Moments that Matter

Title: A Moment of Teachability and Loyalty

• Share with your family/group the person or people who have been the most significant   mentor for you in your Christian Walk.  Why were you so teachable by this person?  What kind of things get in the way of being teachable?  Reflect on the items shared in the Sunday message.
• Read Luke 14:25-33.  Why is Jesus sharing this standard to following Him? Jesus clearly does not mean for them to hate as He said to love their enemies or dishonor father and mother as is in the commandments.  How should loving and following Jesus compare to all other loyalties?  How is Jesus’s call to the disciples like Elisha in 1 Kings 19:21?  What does it mean to “not straddle the fence” in following Jesus? 
• Read 2 Kings 2:1-8.  How does loyalty, friendship and servanthood open your heart to learning and growing?  Read Matthew 23:11-12. Why do we often want to rush learning?  Have you ever made learning more of a contractual relationship to get something rather than be something?  How is that different from what is demonstrated here? 
• Read Matthew 28:19-20.  What does it mean to be a disciple?  How is being a disciple of Jesus a lifelong journey of learning?  Why is that important? 
• Read 2 Kings 2:9. Why do you think Elisha asked for this rather than great earthly things?  What would a prayer to God in this way look like for you?  
• Read 2 Kings chapters 4-6.  What are some of the amazing stories?  What do these stories tell us about God and about Elisha’s heart for God’s people?
• • What do the miracles in 2 Kings 4 (the widow’s oil, the Shunammite’s son) reveal about God’s character? How does Elisha demonstrate compassion in his interaction with the Shunammite woman? How is faith displayed by the widow and the Shunammite woman?
  • What does Naaman’s story teach us about pride and humility? (2 Kings 5:10–14) Why was Naaman angry at Elisha’s instructions, and what changed his mind?
  • What lessons can we learn from Gehazi’s greed and the consequences he faced? (2 Kings 5:20–27)
  • What does the floating axe head miracle teach us about God’s care for small things? (2 Kings 6:1–7)
  • In what way does Elisha help his servant “see” God’s protection? (2 Kings 6:15–17)
  • How does Elisha model mercy in how he treats the Aramean army?
• Gather with each other and pray for your own loyalty and teachable spirit in following Jesus.