Lessons on Living from Elijah EMPTY GODS

1 KINGS 18:27-29 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” So they cried aloud, and...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah THE GOD WHO ANSWERS

1 KINGS 18:24 “Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.” A magazine cartoon showed a little fellow...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah FALTERING BETWEEN

1 KINGS 18:21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. A few years ago, USA Today carried the news...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah IS THAT YOU, O TROUBLER?

1 KINGS 18:17-18 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and you have...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah GO AND TELL!

1 KINGS 18:7-8 Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?” And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.'” Many years ago there was...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah FERVENT PRAYER

1 KINGS 17:20-22 Then he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?” And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the Lord and said,...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah ME FIRST?

1 KINGS 17:13-15 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The...

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Lessons on Living from Elijah ON RAVENS’ WINGS

1 KINGS 17:2-5 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed...

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Lessons on Living from Jeremiah OUR STRONG REDEEMER

JEREMIAH 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, that He may give rest to the land, end.disquiet the inhabitants ofBabylon. Depending on how you choose to measure strength, it could be said that Chris Lawton of Solihull, England, is...

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