Elisha was a prophet who succeeded Elijah. The Shunammite woman was a wealthy Jew who showed hospitality to Elisha whenever he passed through. The document outlines five traits of the Shunammite woman that are worth emulating: 1) Welcoming God's work in your house. 2) Making room for God's work. 3) Being content in God's work. 4) Receiving God's blessings. 5) Keeping God's promises. The conclusion exhorts the reader to be willing to serve God first in order to receive his blessings.

3. Israelite prophet
Disciple and successor of Elijah
A man of GOD
Who is Elisha?

4. Jew
Wealthy
Has an older husband
Has no child
Has craving and reverence for GOD
Who is the Shunammite Woman?

5. TRAITS
WORTH
EMULATING

6. 1. Welcome God’s Work in Your
House
BE WELCOMING…
(2 Kings 4:8)
“One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do
woman was there, who urged him to stay for a
meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there
to eat.”

7. We need to invite (strong urge) God to
come into our house—which is our
hearts– through His Spirit.
We need to make the Holy Spirit
comfortable in our inner being. Our
hearts should be welcoming.

8. 2. Make Room for God’s Work
(2 Kings 4:9-11)
BE ACCOMMODATING…
9She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often
comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let’s make a small
room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and
a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes
to us.”11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room
and lay down there.

9. We need to be Spiritually stretched.
Is there still a room for God in our
lives? Can we still accommodate the
Holy Spirit?
God wants us to expand to take in all
that He has for us.

10. 3. Be Contended in God’s Work
2 Kings 4:12-13
12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the
Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood
before him. 13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have
gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done
for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or
the commander of the army?’’ She replied, “I have a
home among my own people.”

11. Content means trusting God and letting Him
sovereign in our lives.
Content means satisfied. It takes strength to let
God be God and trust that the situation is under
control.
Keep our eyes open to the need God puts in front
of us, then use the resources that God has
provided for us.

12. 4. Receive God’s Blessing
2 Kings 4: 16-17
16 “About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a
son in your arms.”
“No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t
mislead your servant!”
17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about
that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had
told her.

13. God should be our first priority. Surely God will
bless us.
God will always find the way to bless us. He will
bless us with the best gift. -New Birth-
He brings new birth to the household, bringing
the unsaved in and causes them to be born
again.

14. 5. Keep God’s Promise
2 Kings 4: 21-22
21 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of
God, then shut the door and went out. 22 She called
her husband and said, “Please send me one of the
servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God
quickly and return.”

15. God is faithful to His promises.
Don’t look to anything else! Don’t try in your own
strength! Don’t speak in negativity! Lay the
problem down in the Holy Spirit’s resting place
and go straight to God.
If your promised has died, grab hold of God and
don’t let go until you have seen it restored.

16. Conclusion
God’s power is coming….
Are we willing to be stretched?
Are we willing to serve first and receive His
blessing second?
Are we ready to receive it?
A house that does God’s work will not lack God’s
resources.