Sometimes God Sends Fire, Sometimes He Whispers The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there …
Empowered to Pray Boldly
The God Who Answers Mightily, He Is God Elijah prayed, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O …
Empowered to Facilitate Healing
From Tragedy to Transformation Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.” 1 Kings 17:24 Elijah consistently obeyed God. He delivered God’s message of judgment to King Ahab. He lived by the brook Cherith and trusted God to send food …
Empowered to Give an Eternal Perspective
Elijah and Elisha: Empowered by the Holy Spirit Elijah and his successor, Elisha, were prophets who served God faithfully in a time when most of God’s people had turned to idol worship. In the Bible, nothing is revealed about Elijah’s life before he warned King Ahab of an upcoming famine in 1 Kings 17. But the accounts of his …
Empowered to Depend on God
Faith in a Famine “For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’” 1 Kings 17:14 The bills mounted. With two kids in college, our budget was tight. Income generated …
But God Prospered Joseph
A Remnant Preserved But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. Genesis 45:7-8 Can you look …
But God Made Sarah a Ninety-year-old Mother
Never Too Old “But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” Genesis 17:21 Sarai, the wife of Abram, was barren (Genesis 11:30). When God told Abram to go to a land he’d show him, Sarai accompanied him. Over the years, she dutifully submitted to her husband even when he …
Faith-filled Prayers
A Canaanite Woman’s Prayer I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Ephesians 3:16-17 We don’t know her name. She could be called many things—a Syro-Phoenician, a Canaanite, and a Gentile. Jews usually considered Gentiles unclean and …