Church On The Rock-Abilene
Sunday Morning Service - 4/19/2026
  • WAY MAKER
  • The King Is In The Room
  • When Wind Meets Fire
  • REVELATION SONG
  • Gratitude
  • 2 Kings 5:1–14 NKJV
    1 Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.” 5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 Then he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy. 7 And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.” 8 So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ 12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
    Prayer
    Father in heaven, we have gathered again.
    We gather both because of our love for You and our acknowledgment of our absolute need for You.
    Lord, as we walk deeper into this journey of faith, we invite You, Holy Spirit, to search our hearts. Lead us to any disappointment or hardness of heart that may be keeping us from fully trusting You.
    Help us, Lord, to move beyond surface-level answers and allow Your Spirit to lovingly confront the places where we have grown weary or guarded.
    We desire to be a people whose love for You is evident in our everyday lives.
    In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.
    Introduction:
    Good morning,
    As we continue in this journey of faith, I want to begin with a simple truth:
    Every one of us came to Christ the same way—by faith.
    Not by having all the answers. Not by having everything figured out. Not by having our lives cleaned up.
    We came by faith.
    And yet, somewhere along the way, something begins to shift.
    We start walking with God, we begin to grow, we begin to learn—
    but we also begin to form expectations.
    We come to God expecting Him to move, expecting Him to answer, expecting Him to respond in ways that make sense to us.
    And there is nothing wrong with expectation— faith itself carries expectation.
    But the problem begins when our expectations shape our trust.
    When we decide:
    how God should move
    when God should move
    and what His answer should look like
    we can find ourselves struggling—not because God has failed, but because our expectations were never aligned with His will.
    And if we’re honest this morning—
    many of us have walked through moments like that.
    Moments where:
    we didn’t understand what God was doing
    we didn’t like how He was doing it
    or we felt like He wasn’t doing anything at all
    And in those moments, it’s very easy to get stuck.
    Stuck in disappointment. Stuck in confusion. Stuck in hurt.
    And when we get stuck in a moment, we can miss what God is trying to do next.
    That’s exactly what we see in the life of Naaman.

    Many of us come to the Lord with expectations—and truthfully, it is almost impossible not to when we are asking God for something.

    2 Kings 5:11–12 NKJV
    11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ 12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
    Naaman was furious because the prophet did not meet his expectations. Not only did he have expectations, they were very specific—and even religious.
    2 Kings 5:11 NKJV
    11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’
    Naaman thought he would come out—he did not.
    Then Naaman thought he would call on the name of the Lord—he did not.
    Next, Naaman thought he would wave his hand over the diseased area—he did not. Finally, Naaman thought that healing would come through the presence of the prophet—but it did not come the way he imagined.

    Naaman was approaching a problem that needed supernatural intervention with natural logic.

    2 Kings 5:12 NKJV
    12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
    Naaman was looking at the situation with a natural understanding—rather than spiritual submission.
    This is where we get into hurt and trouble.
    Many of us carry deep hurts and confusion over why God does—or does not—do certain things.
    Many of these situations are far more serious than Naaman’s anger over a perceived social slight or inferior waters.
    Sometimes we are hurt by the untimely death of a young mother or father.
    Why did a business fail? Why did a relationship or marriage end the way it did? Why did this terrible thing happen?
    I don’t have the answers to those questions. And even if I did, they would not take away the pain or make sense to us in this moment.
    This is the place where we make judgments, nurse wounds, and harbor resentments.
    This is the place where we struggle with God’s wisdom and are tempted to disengage or doubt.
    Some of us are even angry with God over these things.
    Some of us struggle to trust God because we are wounded and disappointed by things we do not understand.

    Naaman’s servant spoke—and Naaman received his healing.

    2 Kings 5:13–14 NKJV
    13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
    Naaman almost missed what God had for him because he was stuck in a moment. I don’t know how many times I have been stuck in a moment just like that—or one close to it.
    The servant spoke, the master obeyed, and Naaman was healed instantly.
    My desire this morning is to be that servant. I want to offer you a way back to the Lord.
    Are you angry? God is bigger than that anger. Unlike the rest of us, He has no desire to be angry with you because you were angry with Him.
    If you are here this morning and you are disappointed by the Divine, I cannot take that from you by offering the perfect answer to all your questions. I wish I could.
    But what I can do is offer you the opportunity for healing and restoration.
    Don’t miss what God has for you—because you’re stuck in a moment.
    If the praise team and the prayer team would come forward now.
    Just like last week, we are on a journey together. And if we are going to learn to trust God like never before, some of us are going to need spiritual open-heart surgery.
    We are going to need to let God heal those places—and then move forward.

      • 2 Kings 5:1–14NKJV

      • 2 Kings 5:11–12NKJV

      • 2 Kings 5:11NKJV

      • 2 Kings 5:12NKJV

      • 2 Kings 5:13–14NKJV

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