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In this testosterone-laden episode, special guest Brea Grant challenges Vanessa and Elijah to find a pairing for the epic action opus that is The Raid 2. After Elijah declares that it is quite possibly the greatest action movie of all time, Vanessa and Elijah counter with the slow-burn genre-bender Kill List. But besides brutal hammer-related violence, do these two movies really have anything in common? What is the logical conclusion to a life of unrestrained toxic masculinity? And what's the worst movie to see on a first date? Get the answers to all these questions and more in this week's double-feature discussion! The snack pairing for The Raid 2 and Kill List is griddled rabbit (with an additional vegan rabbit substitute option). This episode was brought to you by cryptic symbols. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vanessa-gritton/support

After Elijah experienced God move mightily upon the mountaintop, his joy was short-lived due to following opposition. God’s instruction to Elijah during his depressed state provides direction for our own troubled souls.

After Elijah has been taken up, Elisha's new status is put to the test not just by the sons of the prophets - people "on his side," - but by a group of young boys who doubt his authority from Yahweh.

After Elijah's experience with God on Mount Horeb, he is commissioned to go and select his replacement. Elijah calls Elisha to come and follow him as his apprentice. Elisha will one day become a great prophet of God much like Elijah.

“Is there more than just shame at the end of this rope?” It had been an exceptionally hard day, and coming from someone battling Cancer for the third time, that was really saying something. Treatment had been especially brutal, and I was in desperate need of support. I logged onto Facebook, and posted a simple request for prayer from my community, something I rarely resort to. After just a few minutes, one short comment succeeded only in adding insult to injury… Come on now, Michele, it’s not that bad. You can still walk. You’re not in a wheelchair. Toughen up. You’ll be fine. Now, I understand this woman’s approach, because I too have attempted to buoy another’s faith by urging them to dig-deeper, try harder. However, I’ve since begun to recognize that the last thing a person needs amidst pain and hardship is to be instructed to simply have more faith. In fact, instructing the sufferer to attempt a forced-lightness, typically results in simply adding to the weight of their already too-heavy burden. “In my attempt to try to get them to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and find new strength, I load them down with shame.” In chapter six of Relentless, you will read about a God who is with the one at the end of her rope. But wait… “Is it okay for Christians to reach the end of themselves?” Is that even allowed? We find examples of faithful, wise, obedient Christian believers throughout scripture who wept and mourned deeply (Jeremiah), despaired of life itself (Paul), and sweat blood out of sheer agony (Jesus). Yet, as Christians, we often find ourselves on one of two sides of the same coin. We conceal the cracks in our foundations with fancy rugs and flowery phrases, or we run out of patience for people who refuse to wrap up their grief in a tidy package with a pretty bow. “One of the most dangerous Christian practices & expectations is the compulsion to present a put-together, unflappable faith. On the whole, we haven’t done a very good job of making space for a struggle that lasts longer than we think it should. We may give the struggler grace for a day, a week, a month, a year, but sooner than later we decide it’s high-time she pulled it together. This pressure, whether spoken or unspoken, only pushes the sufferer to hide & neglect the long, hard process of healing.” That one, simple, likely well-intentioned, Facebook comment not only failed to bolster my strength, but actually left me feeling more alone, more pain, more guilt for not being strong enough to handle this suffering on my own. After reading a sister’s words, I was both buried in shame and determined to never ask for help again. I hate to say it out loud, but the truth is as followers of Jesus we will likely find the end of our ropes more than once in a lifetime. Thankfully, God’s response to Elijah’s despair provides the perfect example for us to follow, when a loved one is smack-dab in the middle of a season (or moment) of suffering. After Elijah’s life was threatened, after he ran, collapsed, and prayed to God that he would rather die… God’s response to his prophet was a speech about personal holiness, a recollection of shortcomings, rebuking sin, and quoting scripture. No, rather than reprimand, God nourished the prophet’s body and soul. He touches, feeds, and hydrates the prophet, twice. God recognizes our need for his presence and provision, “because the journey is too much for you.” I want you to look for God’s presence at the end of your rope. Where shame, guilt, embarrassment, doubt, and heartbreak scream, listen for the whisper of God’s gracious response to your weariness.

(1Kgs.18:20-39;   Ps.16:1-2,4-5,8,11;   Mt.5:17-19)  “If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal, follow him.” Today “the only surviving prophet of the Lord” comes to reveal to the people that “the Lord is God!”  Elijah seeks to open the Israelites' eyes to the presence of God, to bring them “back to their senses.”  And how evident it becomes that “they multiply their sorrows who court other gods,” and that those “who set the Lord ever before” themselves are able to declare with David in faith: “With Him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.” The great futility, the absolute emptiness of following false gods is shown in clear focus in the four hundred and fifty “prophets” who “hopped around the altar” and “called on Baal from morning to noon, saying, ‘Answer us, Baal!'”  How well our first reading summarizes the response of gods who are no gods: “But there was no sound, and no one answering.”  After “Elijah taunted them: ‘Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have retired, or may be on a journey.  Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened,'” they compounded their worship to utter absurdity as they “called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until blood gushed over them.” From this exercise of futile worship Elijah calls the people, saying simply, “Come here to me.”  And they move from this macabre circus scene over to the altar of the Lord the prophet prepares.  And here the power of the Lord is unveiled beyond doubt to open the wayward hearts of God's chosen ones.  Water upon water is poured upon the evening sacrifice, but the Lord's fire comes at the word of Elijah and consumes all. “Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel.”  Let it be understood that your law must be followed and not the wicked contrivances of the human heart.  Let be known the truth of your Son's words: “Whoever breaks the least significant of these commands and teaches others to do so shall be called least in the kingdom of God.  Whoever fulfills and teaches these commands shall be great in the kingdom of God.”  For we shall only know the “fullness of joys in your presence” if we keep to your way, following Him who has come “to fulfill” “the law and the prophets.”  Let us never “court other gods” but with your humble king call out ever, “My Lord are you.” ******* O LORD, all your Law is holy for you alone are holy and lead us only into your presence – praise you, O LORD our God! YHWH, you alone are God indeed; you alone should we worship – your NAME alone should we call upon to answer all our needs.  And your Law we should keep with all our hearts if we hope to gain a hearing from you. We are so blind, O LORD, blind to your presence, blind to your power, blind to your love for us and the care you provide in your Word.  We seek to make our own way, to worship a god of our own making, and so we fall away from you who hold our very lives in your hands.  Send the fire of the Holy Spirit upon us to awaken us to your glory and your love here in our midst this day, that we might turn to true worship, worship of you who alone are worthy of our praise. O LORD, let your Word be fulfilled in us; let us keep your commands perfectly, following in the way of your only Son, who is the fulfillment of your Word.  Yes, you alone are God and He alone is the way to you – let us live in your truth.

(1Kgs.18:20-39;   Ps.16:1-2,4-5,8,11;   Mt.5:17-19)  “If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal, follow him.” Today “the only surviving prophet of the Lord” comes to reveal to the people that “the Lord is God!”  Elijah seeks to open the Israelites' eyes to the presence of God, to bring them “back to their senses.”  And how evident it becomes that “they multiply their sorrows who court other gods,” and that those “who set the Lord ever before” themselves are able to declare with David in faith: “With Him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.” The great futility, the absolute emptiness of following false gods is shown in clear focus in the four hundred and fifty “prophets” who “hopped around the altar” and “called on Baal from morning to noon, saying, ‘Answer us, Baal!'”  How well our first reading summarizes the response of gods who are no gods: “But there was no sound, and no one answering.”  After “Elijah taunted them: ‘Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have retired, or may be on a journey.  Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened,'” they compounded their worship to utter absurdity as they “called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until blood gushed over them.” From this exercise of futile worship Elijah calls the people, saying simply, “Come here to me.”  And they move from this macabre circus scene over to the altar of the Lord the prophet prepares.  And here the power of the Lord is unveiled beyond doubt to open the wayward hearts of God's chosen ones.  Water upon water is poured upon the evening sacrifice, but the Lord's fire comes at the word of Elijah and consumes all. “Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel.”  Let it be understood that your law must be followed and not the wicked contrivances of the human heart.  Let be known the truth of your Son's words: “Whoever breaks the least significant of these commands and teaches others to do so shall be called least in the kingdom of God.  Whoever fulfills and teaches these commands shall be great in the kingdom of God.”  For we shall only know the “fullness of joys in your presence” if we keep to your way, following Him who has come “to fulfill” “the law and the prophets.”  Let us never “court other gods” but with your humble king call out ever, “My Lord are you.” ******* O LORD, all your Law is holy for you alone are holy and lead us only into your presence – praise you, O LORD our God! YHWH, you alone are God indeed; you alone should we worship – your NAME alone should we call upon to answer all our needs.  And your Law we should keep with all our hearts if we hope to gain a hearing from you. We are so blind, O LORD, blind to your presence, blind to your power, blind to your love for us and the care you provide in your Word.  We seek to make our own way, to worship a god of our own making, and so we fall away from you who hold our very lives in your hands.  Send the fire of the Holy Spirit upon us to awaken us to your glory and your love here in our midst this day, that we might turn to true worship, worship of you who alone are worthy of our praise. O LORD, let your Word be fulfilled in us; let us keep your commands perfectly, following in the way of your only Son, who is the fulfillment of your Word.  Yes, you alone are God and He alone is the way to you – let us live in your truth.

We start this show a little differently today. As most around the world are aware, there have been horrible news stories coming out of America spotlighting the racism and police brutality in our country. Being the one and only true Black and White NUFC podcast, it is important for us to say something. Please always feel you can reach out to either Greg or/and Elijah @CHN_Radio if you are feeling down, have questions, or just want to talk. Our DMs are open. After Elijah's message the show gets going! We talk about Matty Longstaff, Season Tickets, Project Restart and the Takeover in a jam packed news segment. After that, we answer your twitter questions and lastly, Graeme Bell appears to quiz Elijah on Geordie slang words. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Elijah descends, it's Elisha's turn to lead. He demonstrates supernatural powers.

When Monica and I got married, we planned to wait a year before having kids, but apparently God had other plans. Abigail was born just 10 months after we got married, literally as soon as possible. Even Elijah was born just 14 months after Abigail. While the timing wasn’t exactly planned, we were grateful. After Elijah turned one, we decided we were ready to try for another baby. On October 31st, 2018, Monica surprised me with a positive pregnancy test in hand. I couldn’t have been more excited! Over the next five days, we told our parents, debated names, and started daydreaming about the future. I left for work on November 5th like any other Monday. Around lunchtime, I heard my phone ring... The post Happy Mothers Day appeared first on Loving Theology.

April 19, 2020 Elijah Flees The example of Elijah is a complicated one. At first, it seems like a fairy tale ending as Elijah kills all of the prophets of Ba’al and seems to turn the heart of the people to the Lord. But now we will look at “the rest of the story.” After Elijah prays 7 times for it to rain, the rain storm comes and fills Israel with new life. But when Ahab tells his bride, Jezebel, about all that Elijah has done and how he has slaughtered the prophets of Ba’al, she is furious. Those prophets were always telling her exactly what she wanted to hear. They were always encouraging her and promising her great fortune. She has invested a considerable amount of money and effort in establishing their religion. Now it is all ruined by that troublemaker, Elijah. She sends word, “Ba’al do so to me and more also, if you are not like one of the prophets you killed by this time tomorrow!” Elijah has just gotten into Jezreel, but now he must tuck tail and run for his life. He and his servant fled down to Beersheba which is on the southern edge of the nation of Judah. Surely no one would ever find him there. Staying alive isn’t all that is on Elijah’s mind. He knows the amount of influence Jezebel is wielding as she shares the throne with Ahab. One would think that the whole city would rise up after what they just experienced and stand on the side of Elijah, but that didn’t happen. The king and all the people are unwilling to accept the truth about Jezebel and her fake god. It is just a matter of time before she convinces all Israel to put their trust in Ba’al again. Elijah Pleads Elijah leaves his servant in Beersheba and sets out a day’s journey into the wilderness where he tells the Lord to let him die. He says, “I’m no better than my fathers.” Elijah is tapping out. Elijah is so discouraged by what has happened to him that he wants to die. Elijah is not suicidal. He does not make a selfish or rebellious decision to take his own life. He wants the Lord to take his life. The pain is too much for him and he begs God to end his suffering. Why would he feel this way? Imagine spending 3.5 years praying for drought and hoping that the people would return to worship the Lord. Then, they act like they are returning to him with their heart so you pray for rain. As soon as the rain comes they start to compromise and go back on their decision to worship only the Lord. Elijah has done everything he knows to do and nothing has worked. The miraculous signs could do nothing to turn their heart of stones into flesh. After all of the excitement and wonder of the last chapter, we find Elijah in deep despair. Have we ever felt this? Have you ever poured yourself out for someone to obey the gospel? All of that blood sweat and tears ended up resulting in nothing. I remember teaching someone in Huntsville when I worked at Stanley Steemer. He seemed very interested and I was driving to pick him up every Sunday. Then, he asked a lot of questions and seemed very receptive to everything I was saying. There was a splurge of enthusiasm in him. Then, it fell flat. Reality hit him. If he were to choose the way of faith in Christ, he would have to give up too much. He never answered a phone call. I showed up at his house and he brushed me off. This is the nature of loving the Lord while caring for the souls of others. If we don’t want broken hearts, we do not need to become Christians. That is the nature of the relationship. God wants us to love others as he has loved us. We killed him for loving us. Elijah is still faithful to God as he prays for this. His pain and suffering is the result of his zealous love for the Lord not the result of his own selfish gain. He is not ready to die because he didn’t get the job he wanted in the palace. He is ready to die because he feels completely ineffective in his life’s devotion to serve the Lord. All that he wants is to help people. But all that he has experienced is a complete let down and a broken heart. He is ready to die because he can’t make people turn to God like they should. Elijah Finds God Notice how God responds when Elijah pleads for God to let him die. God doesn’t let him die. He does not rebuke him or condemn him in any way. God does not take away his calling to be the Lord’s prophet. He does not tell him, “You shouldn’t have these feelings.” He sends an angel to cook for him and tells him to “Arise and eat.” Then, he gives him some more to eat and drink, but this time the angel touches him to strengthen him. This happens with Daniel and Jesus as well. Their weakness is overcome by the touch of an angel. He says, “Arise and eat for the journey is too great for you.” Elijah goes on the strength of that food for 40 days and 40 nights until he gets to Horeb, the mountain of God. When Elijah comes to Horeb at the end of the 40 days, he comes to a cave where he hears the Lord say, “What are you doing here Elijah?” Why would God ask this question? Did God not tell Elijah to go to Mount Horeb? Even if he did not tell Elijah to go there, God knows why Elijah is there. He knows the answer to every question he would ever ask. Elijah has had 40 days to think about what he might say to the Lord. He says, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” What a bleak outlook on life this is! Elijah has been very jealous for the Lord. The people have definitely broken the covenant that was established there at Mount Horeb/Sinai. But were Obadiah and all of his hidden prophets found and slaughtered? Maybe they exposed themselves with rejoicing thinking that the tide has turned. We do not know for sure, but Elijah seems to think they are dead or that they are unfaithful. God tells Elijah to go out of the cave and stand in his presence. But as Elijah begins to leave the cave the Lord passed by and a great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains, shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. Then, the mountain began to shake with an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. Then, a fire broke out, but the Lord was not in the fire. I imagine that Elijah was terrified. He was just told to go out of the cave, when all of that happened. Imagine the power he would feel as everything around him is falling apart. That would be enough to make us cower in fear. Finally, Elijah heard the sound of a gentle voice. So he wrapped his face in his mantle and stood at the entrance of the cave. The Lord said again, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” The first time was confusing enough, but now the second time completely throws us for a loop. Was Elijah supposed to learn something from the wind, the earthquake, and the fire? If so, he missed it because he says the same thing as before. He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” Elijah is drawn into the presence of the Lord and this is what he says. He has served the Lord, but he is the only prophet left because of the rebellion of God’s people against his covenant. What does Elijah want? What is Elijah calling for God to do? He brings up the covenant which is important in this context because they are at Mount Horeb/Sinai. By mentioning the rebellion against the covenant, Elijah is calling for God to remember the covenantal promises and deliver the judgment upon Israel that they deserve. It is interesting that Elijah merely mentions how guilty they are without prescribing a recommended punishment. He tried to prescribe the punishment by asking for a drought, but now he wants God to prescribe the punishment. He is looking for God to solve the heart problem. That is why he is here. This is exactly what God does. God tells Elijah to go to another foreign country and do something bizarre. He tells him to go to Syria and anoint Hazael to be their next king. This is the first time God has sent his prophet to a foreign king in order to anoint him. Then, he tells him to go to Jehu and anoint him to be king over Israel. Finally, he tells him to anoint Elisha to be the next prophet in his place. The purpose behind these anointings is to prescribe judgment. Those who escape the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill, and those who escape the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. God is bringing in a foreign nation and a new line of kings to punish his people for their hard hearts. (Actually Elisha is anointed and Hazael/Jehu kill so many people that Elisha doesn’t have to kill many at all.) But that is not all that God says. He also tells Elijah that he is still preserving 7000 who have not bowed a knee to Ba’al or kissed him. Elijah’s perception is not reality. Here he was ready to die, thinking that all of his work was fruitless, thinking it was a waste of time, and thinking that he was all alone. But God has used his work to turn the hearts of some of the people back to him. There is still hope because God is still in control. What Do We Learn? This is a major event in the Bible. After all of the miraculous things that have happened to Elijah, this is the one event that sets him apart. Why? Elijah has come to the mountain of God to see God. This greatly resembles the time when Moses came to the mount of God and asked to see God’s glory. Notice how the circumstances are similar. The people of God have greatly sinned at a time when they should have the most faith. Under Moses they built a golden calf right after crossing the Red Sea. Under Elijah they killed the prophets after seeing fire come down from heaven and saying, “The Lord, he is God! The Lord, he is God!” The hard heartedness of the people is the exact same. Both Moses and Elijah turn to God as this happens and they seek greater understanding. They both take shelter in a cave or a cleft (which is basically the same thing) and they are both allowed to see the nature of God. He is full of patience, mercy, and abounding in steadfast love for thousands, but by no means clearing the guilty. To Elijah he is a gentle voice. In the New Testament we see Elijah and Moses together on the mountain at the transfiguration of Christ. They are called together to see God’s glory face to face in human form. They see more fully in Jesus what they were searching for at Horeb. What an amazing image this is and what a statement this makes for the significance of this event. But what does it mean? The point of the story is simple and threefold. 1. God hasn’t changed. In all of this time, he is still the same God that Moses saw on the mountain years ago. He is still compassionate and merciful, abounding in steadfast love, but also able to judge those who rebel. It seems like God has changed to Elijah, but he hasn’t. The people are worse than ever from Elijah’s perspective. He is in deep despair and very discouraged by all that has taken place. Try to imagine what the worst thing God has seen might be. God has seen people worse than what Elijah has seen. He is not surprised by their disobedience. But somehow he is still able to love them. This is an amazing statement about the resilience of God. He says, “I will leave 7,000 in Israel.” All of this is very encouraging. It is great to know that we serve a God whose patience is so much deeper and more resilient than ours. The depth of his love is endless and eternal 2. The Journey Is Too Far For Us Throughout this story, we can’t help but relate to Elijah. As James says, his character is a lot like many of us. He is jealous for the Lord, he wants the Lord’s name to be glorified, and so he asks God to demonstrate his power for everyone to see that he is real and believe in him. How many of us think that if God will just do one miracle for everyone to see it would change everything about the way people believe? If he did that, no one would be able to say that he doesn’t exist. But they would. Adam and Eve were in the garden with God and they still rejected him. Jesus said this in the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man begs Abraham to send someone back form the dead to tell his brothers about this place, but Abraham says, “They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.” Then, the man pleads with him and Abraham says, “If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.” This story is teaching us a very important lesson: We often fail to understand how the transformation process works. Elijah comes to God defeated. He comes to God recognizing that all of his effort has not transformed the hearts of people. Maybe he was proud, attempting to be greater than his fathers, but now he is humble and looking for guidance and understanding. Elijah wants to know what we all want to know: How do we address the sin in people’s hearts? To this, God provides nourishment and he tells Elijah, “The journey is too far for you.” I think these words go beyond Elijah’s trip to Horeb. They tell us what we all need to hear on a daily basis. We often think that we can fix society, the church, or each other? The prime example for this is our spouses. We think we can fix our spouse by being critical of them. How does that work out? We tell them what they are supposed to do and provide them with all the proof they should need. Then we get discouraged when we see the problems only get worse. We think that the solution is to come down harder and get angrier, or maybe we try some new approach. But the problem in our spouse does not go away. What can we do? As a result, we become proud, arrogant, and attempting to manipulate or control. Maybe they obey or do what they should for a time, but there is still sin in their heart. Then, we get impatient and think, “It’s all their fault,” or we get depressed and think, “I am no better than anyone else.” 3. The Journey Is Never Too Great For God But God says, “The journey is too great for us.” Changing people’s hearts to love God is God’s business. He has the power to move mountains. So this story gives those who are jealous for the Lord answers to our frustrating problem. When we feel the depression from our journey we see that God cares for us, and he wants us to rest and find strength in him. The journey is never too great for him. He has more work for us to do. As God was able to use Elijah’s work to keep seven thousand for himself, we must pray that God would use us to do the same. The number of those who reject God will always be more than those who accept him. We may not see the fruit of our own labor. There will be times when we feel like we are the only ones who care, but God is always able to preserve a remnant of faithful followers. We are always going to be discouraged as we see the hard hearts of this world. But we must go to the mountain and see the glory of God. We must enter his presence without telling him how things ought to be done. He is full of compassion, mercy, and steadfast love for those who love him. He knows the journey is too great for us and he wants us to press on knowing that he will help us along the way. Our prayer has great power as it is working. We may not get what we want, but God will give us what we need. Our jealous request for him to be glorified in our work will not go unanswered, even if it happens after we are dead and gone.

Dear Manna Family: As part of the strategy to combat the coronavirus, we have been told to practice social distancing and to shelter in place. About 850 B.C. the prophet Elijah was told to do the same thing. As a result of Israels’ refusal to repent from their wicked ways, God told His prophet Elijah to go to King Ahab and tell him that God was sending a drought on the entire land. For an agricultural economy, drought meant famine which meant starvation and death. We have recently experienced long lines at the grocery stores as people rush to stock up on supplies. Back then, there were no grocery stores; if you didn’t grow it, you didn’t eat. I Kings 17 Vs 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” Vs 2 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Vs 3 “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. Vs 4 It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” Vs 5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. Vs 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. After Elijah went to the palace and pronounced God’s judgment to King Ahab’s face, God told him to practice social isolation. Go hide yourself, all by yourself, so that Ahab cannot find you. He was to get out of the country and camp outdoors by a brook, with zero human contact. No phone calls, emails, texts, tweets, television, or even the Pony Express. The only communication he had was with God Himself. He was to depend on God alone. God commanded to ravens to bring him food, and the raven was an unclean bird according to the Mosaic Law. Ravens often scavenged seeds from dung, and God commanded these birds to bring him bread and meat twice a day. The meat was probably carrion, which we would call ‘road kill.’ God provides what we need, not always what we want. I think I need to stop complaining about the restaurants being closed! God may want you to self quarantine for spiritual reasons, not just for medical reasons. Maybe God wants time alone with you, because He loves you and wants to reveal Himself and His will to you. When you are home alone, consider turning off all the electronic devices, so you can ‘be still and know that I am God.’ ( Psalm 46:10) Remember, God designed us to “do life together!” Brad

God has been speaking to us a lot out of 1 Kings 17 - 19 and the story of Elijah. Following a three-and-a-half-year drought in the land of Israel (that Elijah said would happen), Elijah prays for breakthrough rain to fall on the land. Following this prayer, he sees a cloud the size of a man’s hand on the horizon. As Pastor Paula was preparing this message, she heard the words in her spirit that Elijah spoke on Mount Carmel “Get ready it’s about to rain!!!!!” After Elijah spoke those words 1 Kings 18:46 says that the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and the power of the Lord came upon Elijah. He tucked his coat into his belt and he ran ahead of a horse drawn chariot all the way to his destination. The Bible is FULL of verses with regards to our Run of Faith! Philippians 2:16; Galatians 5:7; Philippians 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 How can we build the faith rhythm in our lives so that we keep in step with the Holy Spirit, filled with His power to jump over obstacles and run the race to WIN??!!

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How long will I have to wait for God to show Himself this time as the Lord of my confession?" After Elijah had been so greatly used of God when he appeared before wicked King Ahab―the leader of the nation―there was no time to look to the ground. He had to continue to keep his eyes off the ground and on the LORD in the sky. Now I warn to tell you, brothers and sisters, it's after you've been used greatly by God that you'd better watch out. That's the time you need to get your eyes on the LORD, keep your eyes up, lift up your vision. It's after you've been greatly used of God that the enemy, Satan, will try to catch you with your guard down. You may have been a tremendously used vessel of God in the past: last month, last few years, last decade. You may have reached millions of people for Christ in many nations of the world. But it's no time to retire. It's time to lift up your vision. It's time to loose more of the faith and power of God than you ever have before. Remember what happened when some men were burying a man? There was a sepulchre, and in that sepulchre, the bones of Elisha the Prophet had been buried. Elisha, the protégé of Elijah the Prophet, had been a great man of faith, and had received a double portion of Elijah's anointing. Yet here he was, in the grave. His spirit had already gone to be with God, and men not knowing he was buried there, were getting ready to bury another man in that same sepulchre. But they spied a band of robbers coming in their direction. Immediately, they dropped the body of the dead man into that sepulchre, and the dead man sprang to life when he touched the bones of Elisha the Prophet. You and I ought to die so full of the Spirit of God, so full of God's power, that if people throw a dead dog or dead rat on us, it will come to life! My brothers and sisters, don't retire ... do NOT retire. Move out in the power of God. People need the gift that God has given YOU. You're just in a prime position to be used of God the older you get. And I want to tell you, “Get your eyes off the ground. Get them up in the sky.” Yes, Elijah (Elisha's mentor) had to continue to look up to God. He had to continue to look to God for a miracle provision in his life … and move in faith and obedience just as much as he did when he went to King Ahab, the leader of the nation. Now what is that miracle of provision you need today? One miracle, my brother ... one miracle, my sister, will take care of every problem you have. Just one breath from God will heal that problem in your life today. God loves you so much today. Get your eyes off the ground. Increase your vision. Move out in a NEW dimension of faith, loose God's power today by your prophetic decree, using God's Word. No more tears. No more complacency. Move out. Be a servant … let God's power touch you. Look up into the sky. MUSIC Do you remember what happened to Elijah after he spoke the prophetic decree to King Ahab, the wicked leader of the country? God told Elijah to go hide himself. Now, it took as much faith for Elijah to hide himself as it did for him to go make a prophetic decree to the leader of the nation. It all involved obedience. Faith leads to obedience. Faith is taking the step you know God wants you to take. Faith is the opposite of fear. The next time fear knocks at the door of your heart, let faith answer it. Remember what the Bible says? That you've received “a Spirit of a sound mind, and of love, and of power.” (2 Timothy 1:7) You've received a Spirit NOT of fear. Resist fear. Just speak to it and say, "I won't take you. I refuse you. God says I've received not a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Fear knocked at the door … faith answered … and no one was there. What is that need in your life right now? God will meet it, if you'll obey. You just look up today, just look to Jesus. He never fails you, my friend. Elijah had just confessed with his mouth, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, according to my word. And then God told his prophet, "Get out of here, Elijah. Go towards the east and hide yourself by the brook Cherith before Jordan." But then, God told Elijah something a little heavier. Then God said, "You will drink of the brook, Elijah, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." You know there's a great difference―not only geographically, but spiritually―between the words “there” and “here.” In another place in the Bible, God spoke to his prophet Elijah when he was in the mouth of a cave ... and said, "What are you doing here?" Elijah was not where God wanted him. There is a BIG difference in the words “there” and “here.” Where are YOU in relation to God's will today, my friend? Just cry out to Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) and ask Him for direction. That will be the anointing that breaks the yoke in your life. “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” – Psalm 50:15 You see, there's not only a spiritual place of blessing in your life, but there's also a geographic place of blessing. That is, you may have the spiritual office as an evangelist or a pastor, or you may be a Christian businessman who smuggles Bibles into countries. You may be a pilot for Christ. You may be a businesswoman who's a greatly anointed moneymaker and generates great finances for the God's work. However, you may have this spiritual office and still be robbing yourself out of a greater anointing and blessing of God by not being in the geographic place of blessing. For example, you may be a street preacher. You may be preaching in Philadelphia on the streets. That's your spiritual office as an open-air preacher. However, my friend, God may want you in Seattle. And if you're not in a place God wants you―even though God will still use the word of God you're preaching―the blessing of God will not be as great in your life. God has a geographical place of blessing for you, as well as a spiritual place of blessing. And if you'll find that place, the blessing and the anointing of God will be more greatly pronounced in your life. God has the apartment, the house, the real estate for you. He knows the perfect one and―just as in marriage―you wouldn't want to take second best … so don't do it in your ministry or in your work for the LORD. _________________________ IMPORTANT The closer we progress into the End Times, it is vitally important that you make sure you are in the geographical and/or geopolitical place God has assigned you!_________________________ Yes, Elijah could have laughed at God. He could have said, "God, you're there?" But Elijah walked with God long enough to know that God always has a reason for what he asks his people to do. Elijah knew that ravens are the stingiest species of birds on earth. They'll even steal from their young ones. Elijah could have said, “God, this is the dumbest thing you've ever asked me to do: let ravens feed me." But here again, Elijah moved in obedience. He knew there was a reason. My friend, it may not always be clear to you WHY God asks you to do some things. But the “reason” is different than the “why.” So if you're living in the will of God―if you're walking in the light of His Word―God will lead you and direct you. Stay in His Word. Live holy like Elijah did. Then you can follow the desires of your heart which God gives you. “Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalm 37:3-4 Elijah had peace, whether it was at the palace of the King uttering a prophetic decree―or at the brook―for he knew God always provided. God provided the prophetic message, He provided the food, He provided the clothing, He provided everything in Elijah's life. Yes, Elijah had a super ministry. Elijah was an open-air prophet―a powerful man of God―and Elijah was a person like YOU. And the Bible says, "The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening." (1 Kings 17:6) Will you let God provide for every detail of your life today―the small things as well as the big things? Will you open up and let the God of Elijah bless you in abundance today? You obey God … and God will provide your every need. He'll do it in abundance, my friend. He's never failed me yet … and He never will. MUSIC Remember, Jesus knows YOU. Let Him lead you. 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After Elijah's ascension, we see the power of his mantle remains now that it is passed to another man, just as the power of the ministry remains the same though passed from generation to generation. Also, the sons of the prophets were distaught that something bad may have happened to Elijah and wanted to search for him in case. We take comfort in the face of eternal security that none of God's children might be lost in transit to heaven, but al of God's people will be perfectly saved to heaven without the loss of a single one.

After Elijah declares the coming drought to King Ahab, God provides for Elijah at the brook Cherith, feeding him by ravens. Then, God sends Elijah to a widow of Zidon, where he is miraclously sustained throughout the rest of the drought. We see God's faithful provision, even during the seasons of drought and famine in our lives, always providing for our needs of his children.

After Elijah's slaughters the prophets of Baal, he kneels down and puts his face between his knees. What can we learn from his gesture?

After Elijah is taken up into heaven, Elisha picks up the mantle that fell. We look at some principles of mentoring in this one including how to be a good mentor, and open to being mentored.

After Elijah is taken up into heaven, Elisha picks up the mantle that fell. We look at some principles of mentoring in this one including how to be a good mentor, and open to being mentored.

Life can be so depressing sometimes. After Elijah's great victory over the prophets of Baal, he falls into a great depression - even to the point of wanting to die. We will explore this amazing passage about God's practical wisdom in dealing with depression. Be sure to read 1 Kings 19:1-21 before you join us.