Lessons on Living from ELIJAH STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY

1 KINGS 19:8: So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. One New Year’s Day in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. After...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH ARISE AND EAT

1 KINGS 19:5-6: Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH IS IT ENOUGH?

1 KINGS 19:4: “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” George Sweeting related...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH FOOLISH FEARS

1 KINGS 19:1-3: And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH A SURE EXPECTATION

1 KINGS 18:41-42: Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH ALWAYS COMPLETE

1 KINGS 18:38-39: Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said,...

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Lessons on Living from ELIJAH CONFIDENT PRAYING

1 KINGS 18:33-35: And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did...

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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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