He entered a cave there and spent the night. But the Lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”1 Kings 19:9 Elijah went from being used by God in some pretty miraculous ways to falling into a deep depression because of fear, exhaustion, and self-pity. Initially, the Lord met with and cared for … Read more
Then Elijah became afraid and immediately ran for his life…1 Kings 19:3a Why did Elijah flee from Jezebel now? Hadn’t he learned to trust God in every situation? God gave Elijah supernatural strength to run 17 miles to Jezreel from Mount Carmel. It’s hard to know why or what he expected when he arrived, but … Read more
…”There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea.”1 Kings 18:44 Elijah (really, it was God) had just finished defeating the prophets of Baal, and the people’s hearts had turned back to God. It was a good day! Elijah knew God would send the rain now because the whole point … Read more
…Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime,shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind…1 Kings 18:26 After Elijah told the king there wouldn’t be any more rain until he said the word, God sent him into hiding, first at the Brook Cherith and then in … Read more
After a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab…”1 Kings 18:1 When God sends Elijah back to Samaria to present himself to Ahab, He knows Elijah is ready. Elijah has been living in Zarephath for three years with a widow and her … Read more
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Arise,go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there:behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.1 Kings 17:8-9 We continue our story of God’s prophet, Elijah, who has been at the brook Cherith because God told him to go there and … Read more
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Go away fromhere and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith…1 Kings 17:2-3 Elijah had just finished telling the king it wouldn’t rain again until he said the word. As the Bible describes it, he walked right in and declared his message, which … Read more
He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?Luke 13:18 In 2022, I looked into what it meant to pray “Thy kingdom come” in the Lord’s prayer. Why did Jesus tell His disciples to pray this way? First, I had to know what the kingdom of God … Read more
God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!Isaiah 40:22a Have you ever wondered what civilization was like in Bible times? The world 2000 years ago looked very different from what it does today. When reading the Bible, you must keep some cultural aspects in mind. We can’t … Read more