THREE YEARS, TOXIC OR TONIC I. ENDURANCE FOR A BLESSING. 1Kgs 18:1-2 1Kgs 18:3-4 Lev 19:23 Isa 20:3 Isa 43:1-4 II. EASE FOR EXAMINATION NOT EXCESS. 1Kgs 2:39 Deut 23:15 1Kgs 22:1-2 Dan 1:5 III. EXASPERATION BECOMES DEVASTATION. 2Sam 21:1 Judg 9:22-23 Judg 9:24 1Chr 21:11-12 1Chr 21:14 Amos 4:4 1Chr 21:14 Isa 15:5 Isa 15:9 Jer 48:34 CONCLUSION: I DON’T KNOW WHAT DAY OF YOUR THREE-YEAR PHASE YOU ARE IN BUT… IF IT’S ENDURING, YOU ARE FACING KNOW A BLESSING FOLLOWS. IF LIFE SEEMS TRANQUIL KNOW IT’S INTENDED TO BE A STUDY HALL. GOD IS LONGSUFFERING BUT WHEN IT EXPIRES DEVASTATION FOLLOWS.

1. Three Years, Toxic or Tonic
Acts 20:31-32
31) Therefore watch, and remember, that by the
space of three years I ceased not to warn
every one night and day with tears.
32) And now, brethren, I commend you to God,
and to the word of his grace, which is able to
build you up, and to give you an inheritance
among all them which are sanctified.
I. Endurance for a Blessing.
1Kgs 18:1-2
1 And it came to pass after many days, that the
word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third
year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I
will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went
to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria.

2. 1Kgs 18:3-4
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared
the LORD greatly: 4 For it was so, when
Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and
hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them
with bread and water.)
Lev 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall
have planted all manner of trees for food, then
ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it be as
uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten
of.
Isa 20:3
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah
hath walked naked and barefoot three years for
a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon
Ethiopia;

3. Isa 43:1-4
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created
thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O
Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou
walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be
burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon
thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the
Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave
Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for
thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my
sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have
loved thee: therefore will I give men for
thee, and people for thy life.
II. Ease for examination not excess.

4. 1Kgs 2:39
And it came to pass at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away
unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And
they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants
be in Gath.
Deut 23:15
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the
servant which is escaped from his master
unto thee:
1Kgs 22:1-2
1 And they continued three years without war
between Syria and Israel.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to
the king of Israel.

5. Dan 1:5
And the king appointed them a daily provision
of the king's meat, and of the wine which he
drank: so nourishing them three years, that at
the end thereof they might stand before the
king.
III. Exasperation Becomes Devastation.
2Sam 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David
three years, year after year; and David
enquired of the LORD. And the LORD
answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody
house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Judg 9:22-23
22 When Abimelech had reigned three years
over Israel,
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between
Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the

6. men of Shechem dealt treacherously with
Abimelech:
Judg 9:24
That the cruelty done to the threescore and
ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their
blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother,
which slew them; and upon the men of
Shechem, which aided him in the killing of
his brethren.
1Chr 21:11-12
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
12 Either three years' famine;
or three months to be destroyed before thy foes,
while that the sword of thine enemies
overtaketh thee;
or else three days the sword of the LORD, even
the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the
LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of

7. Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I
shall bring again to him that sent me.
1Chr 21:14
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel:
and there fell of Israel seventy thousand
men.
Amos 4:4
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal
multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices
every morning, and your tithes after three years:
1Chr 21:14
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and
there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
Isa 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives
shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years
old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with

8. weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of
Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of
destruction.
Isa 15:9
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood:
for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon
him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the
remnant of the land.
Jer 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,
and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their
voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an
heifer of three years old: for the waters also
of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Conclusion:

9. I don’t know what day of your three-year
phase you are in but…
If it’s enduring, you are facing know a
blessing follows.
If life seems tranquil know it’s intended
to be a study hall.
God is long suffering but when it expires
devastation follows.
THREE YEARS, TOXIC OR TONIC
I. ENDURANCE FOR A BLESSING.
1Kgs 18:1-2
1Kgs 18:3-4
Lev 19:23
Isa 20:3
Isa 43:1-4
II. EASE FOR EXAMINATION NOT EXCESS.
1Kgs 2:39
Deut 23:15
1Kgs 22:1-2
Dan 1:5

10. III. EXASPERATION BECOMES DEVASTATION.
2Sam 21:1
Judg 9:22-23
Judg 9:24
1Chr 21:11-12
1Chr 21:14
Amos 4:4
1Chr 21:14
Isa 15:5
Isa 15:9
Jer 48:34
CONCLUSION:
I DON’T KNOW WHATDAYOF YOUR THREE-YEAR PHASEYOU ARE IN BUT…
IF IT’S ENDURING,YOU ARE FACING KNOW ABLESSING FOLLOWS.
IF LIFESEEMS TRANQUIL KNOW IT’S INTENDED TO BEA STUDYHALL.
GOD IS LONG SUFFERING BUTWHEN ITEXPIRES DEVASTATION FOLLOWS.