I Kings 17:17-24 Have you ever been enjoying God’s mercy and kindness when a great trial suddenly came upon you? The woman of Zarephath understood afflictions as well as anyone. The king of her land worshiped idols. She was a widow. She lived during one of the greatest famines in Read more…
I Kings 17:13-16 (Part 2) In Matthew 16:13, Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The disciples reported that some said Elijah. Why do you think some people had the wrong idea that Jesus was Elijah? Just before the Matthew 16 interaction with Read more…
I Kings 17:13-16 (Part 1) How sincerely do we believe the Word of God? Before us in I Kings 17:13-16 is a woman, who, having lost her husband, was preparing to make the last meal for her family before they died of starvation. To make the matter more difficult, a Read more…
I Kings 17:7 – 12 Sitting 20 miles north of the ancient city of Tyre and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea was the famous capital city of Sidon*. The tribe of Asher was supposed to have Sidon as its northern border, which would also have been the northwestern Read more…
I Kings 16:29 – 17:7 In I Kings 17 the Lord introduces us to the prophet Elijah. Elijah is a type of Christ* in the Old Testament in that he proclaimed the Word of God to the nation of Israel; called the people to repent of their sins and believe Read more…
“Do not fear for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” II Kings 6:16 Imagine one day you were to wake up in your house, get out of bed, look out the window, and all around your home and for as far as you Read more…
“Thy righteousness is like the great mountains, thy judgments are a great deep…” Psalm 36:6 If you were to head South on a clear day on I-5 in Oregon, well before you reached the California border, a distant shape would make an appearance in front of you. At first it Read more…