Discovering YOU Magazine June 2024 Issue | Page 34

SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

THE VALUE OF DADDY’S OIL

Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,

New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI

the Holy Spirit to help your home live at a supernatural level this summer! Elisha had to get this widow of the prophets to see…though she was in debt her husband dead, and the creditors wanted to take their sons as slave payment…she still had the value of Daddy’s Oil. Dads…if your children have your Godly reputation, example, prayer, and Holy Spirit Daddy’s Oil…your kids will have ENOUGH! This oil became the source of an astounding miracle of debt cancellation and future provision! You too need to see that…

B.God expects us to pour out the oil of Spiritual power into the lives of others. The Father is the priest in his own home and this home had priestly oil left when nothing else was. A Dad is to be his children and wife’s Intercessor, Instructor, Example, and Leader! Start by praying for every one of your children and your wife. Then take time to teach them God’s word and be an example worth following! Don’t cover up your mistakes, Don’t criticize others while the children are

This month is Father’s Day, and I want to start by congratulating all Fathers because being a Father is not an easy task. It can be scary at times—like in II Kings 4:1 which says, “My husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord.” This story opens with great sorrow, a time of great debt, a moment when much could have been lost including this Dad’s sons going into slavery and his wife into destitute poverty. The good news was in the Value of Daddy’s Oil in II Kings 4:1-7 when there was nothing else! Dads, because none of us know how long we’re going to be on earth I challenge you to:

I.TAKE INVENTORY OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU VALUE IN LIFE

A.God wants us to realize He is always there even when other things are not. God is sufficiency and the supernatural increase of the oil your home needs (II Kings 4:3- 6a). God wants you to share in His blessings and has provided the oil of