Don’t Miss Your Window”

(Def) A spiritual window is a between inside and outside. It is an opening in a that gives you to the other .

                           Windows In The Bible
1. Noah’s Ark = (Gen.8)
2. Rahab’s window = and (Josh.2)
3. Mical’s window = (2 Sam. 6; 1Chron. 15:29)
4. Daniel’s window = and (Dan. 6:10)
5. Windows of heaven = and (Malachi 3:10-11)
6. Window of

(2 Kings 13:14-19)
14. Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
15. And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So he took himself a bow and some arrows. 16. Then he said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
17. And he said, “Open the east window”

“Open the east window” …
and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot”; and he shot. And he said, “The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance

and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them.”

18. Then he said, “Take the arrows”; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground”; so he struck three times, and stopped. 19. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times.”

(v. 19)
19. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times.”

                                                             Some Weapons
• Authentic Love (1 Cor. 13; John 21:15-17; 2 Tim. 1:7)
• The Name of Jesus (Luke 10:17; Acts 3:6; Phil. 2:9-11)

Mark 16:17 (NLT)
17. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
• The blood of Jesus (Rev. 12:11)
• Our testimony (Rev. 12:11)
• The Word of God

Heb. 4:12 (NIV)
12. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

• Forgiveness (Mt. 6:14-15; Mk. 11:25)
• The Angels of God (Heb. 1:14; Mt. 26:53)
• A hedge of protection (Job 1:8; Eccl. 10:8)
• Your Praise and Worship (2 Chron. 20:22; 2 Cor. 10:3-5)

7. Window of a
John 4:35; Luke 10:2;25-37
John 4:35 (NIV)
35. Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields; They are ripe for harvest.
LUKE 10:2
He (JESUS) told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Luke 10:25-28
25. On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26. “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27. He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28. “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

8. Three that did not miss their window
             Thessalonica, Jerusalem and Antioch

    Healthy churches will not miss the window of:
• Winning people; Multiplying believers (Disciples) and Sending out workers.
2 Cor. 6:2 – “Behold now is the accepted time; Behold now is the day of salvation.”