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Text: 2Kings 7:1-8 Let us cast our minds first on the situation around this powerful scripture. Samaria had seen the miraculous capture of Syrian armies, and by the counsel of the Prophet, they fed their enemies and sent them home. The kindness of Samaria was repaid with more stiff opposition and total hostility. Famine resulted from the long period of siege upon the State of Samaria. Women ate their children to survive. Men ate all manner of unclean and forbidden beasts just to survive. The king seeing his people being brought to the level of wild animals, and many of them were being destroyed right before his eyes, took one of the hardest decisions any God fearing king in his day would have taken. He wanted the prophet killed since that is the only way to tell God he has had enough. He was tired of the crimes, cannibalism, and other things too despicable going on in his kingdom. The king wanted to hold someone accountable; who else should be guiltless but God? ...

I’ve got nothing else to lose Text: Matthew 14:22-29 KJV "And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.  And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus." There had been a great manifestation and five thousand people w...