The document summarizes several passages from 2 Kings describing a famine in Samaria. It tells of the king wanting to kill the prophet Elisha for causing the famine. Elisha predicts the famine will end, which it does when the Aramean army flees, leaving food behind for the Israelites. Four declarations are made about having faith in God during difficult times and sharing good news. The summary concludes with a quote from the passage about not keeping good news to oneself.

2. 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV)
Then they said to each other, "We're not doing
right. This is a day of good news and we are
keeping it to ourselves. …

3. 2 Kings 6:24 – 7:20

4. 2 Kings 6:31 (NIV)
He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so
severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat
remains on his shoulders today!“

5. 2 Kings 6:33 (NIV)
While he was still talking to them, the messenger
came down to him. And [the king] said, "This
disaster is from the LORD. Why should I wait for
the LORD any longer?“

6. 2 Kings 7:2 (NIV)
The officer on whose arm the king was leaning
said to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD
should open the floodgates of the heavens, could
this happen?" "You will see it with your own
eyes," answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any
of it!“

7. 2 Kings 7:4 (NIV)
If we say, 'We'll go into the city‘ - the famine is
there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will
die. So let's go over to the camp of the Arameans
and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill
us, then we die.

8. 2 Kings 7:7 (NIV)
So they got up and fled in the dusk and
abandoned their tents and their horses and
donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for
their lives.

9. 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV)
Then they said to each other, "We're not doing
right. This is a day of good news and we are
keeping it to ourselves. …”

10. 2 Kings 7:19-20 (NIV)
The officer had said to the man of God, "Look, even if
the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens,
could this happen?" The man of God had replied,
"You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not
eat any of it!" 20 And that is exactly what happened to
him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and
he died.

11. Declaration 1
I won’t settle for a famine mindset

12. Genesis 12:1-3 (NIV)
… all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
Psalms 2:8 (NIV)
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, …
Acts 1:8 (NIV)
… and to the ends of the earth.

13. Declaration 2
God is God and I am not
2 Kings 7:2 (NIV)
The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said
to the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD should
open the floodgates of the heavens, could this
happen?" "You will see it with your own eyes,"
answered Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it!“

14. 2 Kings 7:19-20 (NIV)
The officer had said to the man of God, "Look, even if
the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens,
could this happen?" The man of God had replied, "You
will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any
of it!" 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for
the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

15. Luke 1:18-20 (NIV)
Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of
this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in
years." 19 The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand
in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak
to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you
will be silent and not able to speak until the day this
happens, because you did not believe my words,
which will come true at their proper time."

16. Declaration 3
My call is greater than my fall
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all
comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that
we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort
we ourselves have received from God.

17. Declaration 4
God has gone ahead of me

18. Declaration 5
I will do what is right. I refuse to keep
good news to myself
2 Kings 7:9 (NIV)
Then they said to each other, "We're not doing right.
This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to
ourselves. …”

19. I won’t settle for a famine mindset
I believe God is God and I am not
My call is greater than my fall
God has gone ahead of me
I will do what is right. I refuse to keep good
news to myself

20. Christianity is one beggar
showing another beggar
where to find coffee.
“This is a day of good news
and we are keeping it to
ourselves.”