THE CAPTIVE MAID BY LESA DENNY Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

THE CAPTIVE MAIDTHE CAPTIVE MAIDBYBY

LESA DENNYLESA DENNY

Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Naaman, the captain of Naaman, the captain of the army of Syria, was a the army of Syria, was a

leper.leper.Adventist Youth Ministry – Caribbean Union Conference

The maid told Naaman’s wife of a prophet The maid told Naaman’s wife of a prophet in Samaria who could cure him.in Samaria who could cure him.

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Naaman sought permission from the Naaman sought permission from the king to go to Samaria.king to go to Samaria.

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After putting away his pride, Naaman followed the instructions of the prophet Elisha and he was cured of his leprosy. Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Although she was bound by force in

a strange land and made a

servant, she still went beyond her slave duties and helped Naaman, the man who led

the army that took her captive.


Matthew 7: 13, 14Matthew 7: 13, 14Enter ye in at the

strait gate; for wide is the gate, and

broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and

many there be that which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is

the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be

that find it.


God used her to reveal Himself unto the heathen by His miracle working power when He healed Naaman.


1 Timothy 4: 12, 131 Timothy 4: 12, 13

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the

believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit,

in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to

exhortation, to doctrine.”


Hosea 4:6Hosea 4:6

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”


Jeremiah 29:13Jeremiah 29:13

“And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for

me with all your heart.”


When situations present themselves, we need to remember that we will not be held captive by them.Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference

Jesus has freed us from all our “situations.”


We must always portray Jesus’ characteristics: Love, truthfulness,

honesty, kindness and courtesy inspite of our situation. Let us lift up the name

of Jesus for God is good to us all the time.


Morality is only possible if we have a close relationship with Jesus and

keep our eyes on the prize.


The pressures of the Devil – peer

pressure, economic

pressure, and worldly

attainments are so intense that

from the time we take our eyes off

Jesus, he will defeat us.


“The greatest want of the world, is the want of men – men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and

honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as

true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the

heavens fall.”


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THE CAPTIVE MAID BY LESA DENNY Adventist Youth Ministry-Caribbean Union Conference