Crossroads Church Lafayette, LA
Healing the Bitter Water
Locations & Times
Crossroads Church
150 Verona Dr, Lafayette, LA 70507, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Sunday 12:30 PM
Healing the Bitter Water
2 Kings 2:19-22,
One day the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem, my lord,” they told him. “This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.” 20 Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl with salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.” 22 And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.
Isaiah 12:3,
With joy you will draw water from the wells of Salvation.
John 4:13-14,
Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
• What do you do when someone poisons the well?
Things that poison the well
P -Prayerlessness
1 Thessalonians 5:17,
Never stop praying.
Philippians 4:6,
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
O - Oppression
Proverbs 15:1,
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
I - Indifference
Matthew 12:30,
If you’re not gathering with me, you’re scattering abroad.
S - Selfishness
Luke 9:23,
Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
O - Obsessiveness
Exodus 20:3,
"You shall have no other gods before me.”
N - Negativity
Titus 3:10,
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him.
• The solution to the pollution is the salt that God makes out of us.
Matthew 5:13,
You are the salt of the earth.
S - Servanthood
Acts 13:36,
David served his generation according to the will of God.
Matthew 23:11,
The greatest among you will be your servant.
Isaiah 40:31,
Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength.
A - Accountability
James 5:16,
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
L - Love
1 Peter 4:8,
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Romans 2:4,
God’s kindness leads you toward repentance.
T - Truth
John 8:32,
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
• It doesn’t matter how well situated we may be - only healing the bitter waters will make the land productive again!
2 Kings 2:19-22,
One day the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem, my lord,” they told him. “This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.” 20 Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl with salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.” 22 And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.
Isaiah 12:3,
With joy you will draw water from the wells of Salvation.
John 4:13-14,
Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water that I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
• What do you do when someone poisons the well?
Things that poison the well
P -Prayerlessness
1 Thessalonians 5:17,
Never stop praying.
Philippians 4:6,
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
O - Oppression
Proverbs 15:1,
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
I - Indifference
Matthew 12:30,
If you’re not gathering with me, you’re scattering abroad.
S - Selfishness
Luke 9:23,
Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
O - Obsessiveness
Exodus 20:3,
"You shall have no other gods before me.”
N - Negativity
Titus 3:10,
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him.
• The solution to the pollution is the salt that God makes out of us.
Matthew 5:13,
You are the salt of the earth.
S - Servanthood
Acts 13:36,
David served his generation according to the will of God.
Matthew 23:11,
The greatest among you will be your servant.
Isaiah 40:31,
Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength.
A - Accountability
James 5:16,
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
L - Love
1 Peter 4:8,
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Romans 2:4,
God’s kindness leads you toward repentance.
T - Truth
John 8:32,
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
• It doesn’t matter how well situated we may be - only healing the bitter waters will make the land productive again!