We need some Elijahs who will care more for the King of Kings than for the kings and queens of this dying world.
Text: 1 Kings 21-22 & 2 Kings 9Christ’s followers must all spend some time by the drying brook to prepare us for greater work God has for us later. It may be the drying brook of popularity, or the drying brook of failing health or a sick loved one or a failing career, or the drying brook of a friendship that is slowly fading away. God wants to teach us not to trust in his gifts, but in himself. He wants to drain us of self, as he drained the apostles by ten days of waiting before Pentecost.
Text: 1 Kings 17:2-7There is a time to think and there is a time to decide.
Text: 1 Kings 18:16-46If we are willing to obey, God can take care of the details. He can send the ravens to feed us when the world has forgotten us.
Text: 1 Kings 17:2-7It’s time to pray, “Lord do things I’m not used to.”
Text: 1 Kings 17:1It is not a sin to be discouraged. It is not a sin to be depressed. It’s what you do when you are discouraged, depressed and feeling hopeless that matters. Once we open our eyes, we will see God everywhere.
Text: 1 Kings 19Ahab was angry and that wasn’t good news. It wasn’t just that he was having a bad day or a […]
Text: 1 Kings 18:1-15Our greatest victories and worst defeats often go hand in hand.
Text: 1 Kings 19:1-9God must bring us to the end of ourselves so that we learn it’s all about him and not about us.
Text: 1 Kings 17:17-24We ought to be people of unquestioned integrity. We ought to be people of honesty, truthfulness, dependability, people of truly pure motives. That means telling the truth even when it hurts. That means keeping your promises when you’d rather not. That means confronting problems when it would be easier to walk away. That means forgiving others when you’d rather hold a grudge.
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