Reboot Your Life

Reboot Your Life

Super Bible Hero Elijah

Needed to reboot with

Sleep, Nutrition, & Exercise

Before he could hear God

“Physical life comes first, then spiritual”

1 Corinthians 15:46

I have only met one person in my life who

 said they never experienced depression.

Whether you are drained because you are depressed

or depressed because you are drained…

Depression is something we all face

and Elijah is a good example of this.

Can you imagine Elijah’s boldness and confidence?

Standing up to give a toast at a

wedding would stress many of us out.

Elijah stood before King Ahab and the

prophets of Baal and challenged them.

But this man of steel melted with fear.

God’s remedy for Elijah’s depression

started with rest, hot food and water.

Nutrition was the first step and the next was exercise.

“Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights” 1 Kings 19:8

A glass of cold water will stimulate

your blood and help you get moving.

Ever notice people who are not depressed, excited people?

They talk fast and loud.

Just exercising your mouth can help

you get out of depression.

Sing a song or talk about something good and enjoyable.

I have many times sung the song…

“Lord do it again make a way out of no way; Lord I know you can

Manifest your presence; Manifest your love

You’ve done it before; Please do it again”

It is a catchy tune with an upbeat.

It is a song I can’t sing without moving my hands and feet.

Spiritually drained Elijah needed three basic

things before he could hear God again.

Sleep - This was easy for Elijah

Nutrition – The Angel woke him up

to eat hot food and drink water

Exercise – Strengthen by the food and water he

traveled stimulating the blood and taking in fresh air

Even super Bible heroes need to reboot.

They need these three basic things to get refreshed.

Scripture Reading

1 Kings 19:1-9 NLT

1 Elijah Flees to Sinai

When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel what Elijah had done and that he had slaughtered the prophets of Baal. 2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: "May the gods also kill me if by this time tomorrow I have failed to take your life like those whom you killed."

3 Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. 4 Then he went on alone into the desert, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

5 Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, "Get up and eat!" 6 He looked around and saw some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.

7 Then the angel of the LORD came again and touched him and said, "Get up and eat some more, for there is a long journey ahead of you."

8 So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. 9 There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.

1 Corinthians 15:46 NIV

46 The spiritual did not come first, but the

natural, and after that the spiritual.