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02/23/21 Ahab has been looking for Elijah because he wants to kill him. He has personally gone looking for Elijah with Obadiah, a devout believer who is in charge of Ahab’s palace. By God’s grace, Elijah has met Obadiah instead of Ahab. Elijah has asked Obadiah to arrange a meeting with Ahab so he canContinue reading “ELIJAH #7”

02/16/21 Obadiah has been asked to tell King Ahab that Elijah, the man he has been searching for, the man he wants to kill, has come to see him. Naturally, Obadiah is reluctant to do that and Elijah is trying to reassure him.  Kings 18:10-11    “As surely as the Lord your God lives, there isContinue reading “ELIJAH #6”

02//09/21             Elijah is on his way to tell Ahab that, after three years, it’s finally going to rain again.             1 Kings 18:3b  “Ahab had summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord.”)      Obadiah was not just a believer, He was “a devout believer,” anContinue reading “ELIJAH #5”

02/02/21 It’s been less than a hundred years since David had been their king and only about seventy/eighty years since the dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem, but in those seventy/eighty years, Israel, which was once a mighty nation united under God, has  been divided into two separate kingdoms.  They’ve drifted away from the faithContinue reading “ELIJAH #4”

01/26/21 The Lord told Elijah to go to Zarephath where he would find a widow who was going to supply him with food. He is with her now as we continue on from last week. Elijah has asked the widow to give him a piece of bread and some water. I Kings 17:12  “’As surelyContinue reading “ELIJAH #3”

01/19/21 I Kings 17:2-3   “Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, ‘Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.’” “Leave here… and hide.”  Elijah had just proclaimed that there would be no more rain in Israel until the Lord said so. The Lord wanted to protect ElijahContinue reading “ELIJAH #2”

11/12/21 In his Epistle, James says, Elijah was a man just like us.”(James 5:17) Over the next several weeks, I pray that the Holy Spirit will help us to see just how much like us Elijah really was. I Kings 16:29-33  “Ahab…became king of Israel and he reigned in Samaria over Israel twenty-two years. Ahab…Continue reading “ELIJAH #1”

01/05/21 Jonah believes the Lord, the Sovereign creator of the universe, the I AM, does not understand how he feels and he’s trying to explain. They have differing opinions about a vine. Jonah 4 10   “”But the Lord said, ‘You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make itContinue reading “JONAH #8”

12/29/2020 Jonah 4:1     “But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.” Jonah did what the Lord asked him to do. The Lord is pleased and satisfied, but Jonah is displeased and angry.  Obviously, there’s still more work that has to be done in Jonah. The Lord used the fish to work on Jonah’s mind andContinue reading “JONAH #7”

12/22/2020 Last week, we left Jonah sitting inside a fish where he had plenty of time to think about his past and pray about his future.  He’s had time to think about the direction his life’s been headed and what he wants to do from this point on.  He’s decided to stop running from theContinue reading “JONAH #6”