2. Find Your
Cloudless Sky
FULFILLING GOD’S PURPOSE THROUGH THE IMPOSSIBLE

3. 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for
there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went
off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of
Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face
between his knees. 43 “Go and look toward the sea,”
he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
1 Kings 18:41-46
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as
small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So
Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot
and go down before the rain stops you.’” 45 Meanwhile,
the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy
rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 The
power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his
cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to
Jezreel.

4. BACKGROUND

5. THREE YEARS OF DROUGHTKING AHABOBADIAHDROUGHT AND FAMINE IN SAMARIAPROPHETS WERE HIDDEN IN CAVESPROPHETS OF BAAL

6. 1 Kings 18:22-24
22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the
Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and
fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s
prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut
it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to
it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood
but not set fire to it. 24 Then you call on the name of
your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The
god who answers by fire—he is God.”
FOUR JARS OF WATER POURED“HE IS GOD! HE IS GOD!”CLOUDLESS SKY

7. • DIVINE PURPOSE
“Cloudless Sky”
• AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION THAT GOD
GIVES YOU
• NEW VISION/DREAM THAT IS BIGGER
THAN YOU ARE – LARGER THAN LIFE
• MIRACLE/BREAKTHROUGH THAT AFFECTS
PEOPLE AND PLACES - BIG TIME
• NEW DIRECTION TO TREAD ON

8. How to find your
cloudless sky?
FULFILLING GOD’S PURPOSE THROUGH THE IMPOSSIBLE

9. Confront
DETERMINE TO GO AGAINST

10. 11 But now you tell me to go to my master and say,
‘Elijah is here.’ 12 I don’t know where the Spirit of the
Lord may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell
Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your
servant have worshiped the Lord since my youth. 13
Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel
was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of
the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and
supplied them with food and water.
1 Kings 18:11-15
14 And now you tell me to go to my master and say,
‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!” 15 Elijah said, “As the
Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely
present myself to Ahab today.”

11. 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for
there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went
off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of
Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face
between his knees. 43 “Go and look toward the sea,”
he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
1 Kings 18:41-43

12. Nothing is more assuring and
convincing than knowing that God
is going with you –
even if it means going against
every thing and every one.
You have to position yourself to
who you’re going to listen to,
to seek advice from, and to
refine your focus.
Find a cloudless sky and pray
and don’t give up in travailing.

13. Romans 8:29-31
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And
those he predestined, he also called; those he called,
he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. 31
What, then, shall we say in response to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

14. Find a cause which you are
passionate about – where you
can’t help but think every time
every day, where your blood
boils, where you wake up in the
middle of the night.

15. Contend
FIGHT TO WIN

16. 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah
climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the
ground and put his face between his knees. 43 “Go
and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he
went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
1 Kings 18:42-43

17. Don’t spend your life on trite
things. Take something that is
earth-shaking.
Find something in prayer to
contend for and stay there.
When you’re leaning into
something, you don’t need heavy
manifestations to impress you
that God has pierced upon the
seen.
Burn the odds through prayer.
Contend until you see something
happening.
FACE BETWEEN HIS KNEESPROMISE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE

18. Confine
PRAY UNTIL IT HURTS

19. 43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant.
And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,”
he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as
small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
1 Kings 18:43-44
CLOUD SIZE OF A MAN’S HAND

20. The most important part of your
body is not the one that you can
see. When nobody’s watching – it
births into things.
The longer you push in for a
breakthrough, the more
significant the breakthrough
comes when it breaks lose.

21. “Kairos means that the
opportunity is right. It
is the right time, the
real moment, the
critical event, the
chance of our lives.
When our time becomes
kairos, it opens up
endless new
possibilities and offers
us a constant
opportunity
for a change of heart.”.
”

22. FCC WORSHIP CENTER

23. Confirm
SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEART

24. 41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for
there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went
off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of
Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face
between his knees. 43 “Go and look toward the sea,”
he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said.
1 Kings 18:44b-46
So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your
chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” 45
Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind
rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to
Jezreel. 46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and,
tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all
the way to Jezreel.

25. EVAN ROBERTS

26. On 29 September 1904, at Moriah Church in Loughor,
he rose to his feet to make four pronouncements. He
wanted people to confess their known sins, to get
rid of any doubts they might have about the
significance of God in their lives, to obey the
Holy Spirit and to confess publicly that they would
follow Christ. He continued to preach and urge
people to join him. By the end of the first week 60
people had repented their sins and Roberts promptly
undertook a whirlwind tour of the Welsh valleys. At
revivalist meetings in each of the mining towns,
Evan Roberts and his brother Dan preached and a
small choir of five girl singers accompanied them.
The movement began to gather real force and impetus
and within a year over 100,000 converts had joined
the church - thanks to Roberts and his party.
Evan Roberts
Quite simply, a firestorm had hit the churches.
Roberts appealed to young and old alike - but
particularly to the young who were in desperate
need of direction in their lives. He gave them fire
in their bellies and hope in their hearts. As Evan
Roberts and his followers journeyed all over Wales
the effect of his "missionary journies" were
astounding. Quite apart from the converts who had
suddenly found purpose in their lives, there were
also clear social benefits. Crime rates dropped
wherever he came to preach and huge numbers of
people gave up alcohol. Pubs, hotels and inns all
over the country reported major losses in trade.
And the movement spread.
Soon cities in England were holding revivalist meetings
and religious fervour even spread across the Atlantic to
the United States of America.
Of course, it could not last. A movement like the 1904
revival depended on one man, one individual, for its
success. A charismatic leader was essential but by 1906
Roberts was ill. He had, almost literally, worked himself
into the ground and duly suffered a physical and
emotional breakdown. He went to Leicester to recuperate
and in his absence the revivalist movement lost its way
and its momentum. Evan Roberts accepted it as God's way.
As he said: "The movement is not of me, it is of God. I
would not dare to try to direct it.“
Nevertheless, the revival had been an amazing experience
for everyone who had seen it or taken part. Evan Roberts
lived on for another 45 years, dying on 29 September
1951. His 1904 revival had been, probably, the last great
outpouring of Christian values and belief. Who knows when
there might be another.

27. Find a reason for leaving by
adopting a cloudless sky.
Find something that you’ll have
to fight to bring about.
Find something that you can lock
into – that you know that when
the breakthrough for that realm
or that area comes will affect
cities and nations of the world.
The drought is over!
Everybody gets to make their own
history. Everybody has the
potential of being encouraged
over the tiniest cloud.
Once the heart is set,
take possession of the
impossible.
You release the victory in you
to change the world around you.

28. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Alvin F. Gutierrez
FCC Main San Mateo, Rizal, PH
630PM Evening Worship Service
September 24, 2017