Podcasts about prophet elijah

Like the Prophet Elijah who stood in the gap interceding on behalf of the nation for God to send rain to end the drought, we too are called to the ministry of intercession. Interceding on behalf of others with a heart of compassion can be the difference in them experiencing breakthrough. God is still looking for intercessors to stand in the gap. 

A Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 3:13-21 & St. Luke 7:11-17 by William Klock “The next day,” says St. Luke in our Gospel lesson, “Jesus went to a town called Nain.”  No doubt to preach the good news that, in him, the God of Israel had finally come to his people to fulfil his promises to them.  No doubt to heal the sick or the blind or the deaf or whoever else came to him to be healed.  No doubt to cast our demons.  Not just to tell them that God's kingdom was breaking into darkness of the world, but to show them.  To make the sad things untrue, as Sam Gamgee put it so eloquently.  But I expect that Jesus was frustrated.  Sure, crowds were following him wherever he went, but they didn't get it.  They wanted their own personal miracle worker and, like the people in Nazareth, they got angry with him when he wouldn't stay.  They knew—because it was impossible to miss—that in Jesus light had come into the darkness.  They knew hope for the first time.  But their vision of God's light and life was just so, so, so small.  And then there were people like the scribes and Pharisees who were angry because, if he was the Messiah, he was doing it all wrong.  They couldn't see past their rules and boundaries.  They had no grasp of the great height and width and length and depth of the love of God.  They were thrilled to have Jesus wipe away their tears and make the sad things of their lives untrue, but they were still committed to, still doing the very things that made the sadness in the first place. Luke says here, in 7:11, that this happened on the “next day”.  It was the day before that Jesus had been met by the friends of a Roman centurion with a sick slave.  He got word that Jesus was on his way to his house to heal his slave and sent words to say, “No, don't come to my house.”  He knew that as a gentile he wasn't part of Jesus' mission.  “No, Jesus, just say the word and my slave will be healed.  I know you've got authority to do it.”  And Jesus stopped and marvelled.  He healed the centurion's slave, but he also turned and rebuked the crowd that was following him: “How is it that I've found more faith in this gentile than in you lot, in God's own people?” And now, it's the next day, and he's on his way to Nain and the crowd has followed him from Capernaum.  It's about five miles.  And all the way he's been teaching his disciples and anyone else within earshot who will listen.  I expect Jesus was trying to broaden their vision of the kingdom and what it all meant.  And then they arrived at the city gate.  Luke writes, “As he got near the gate of the city, a young man was being carried out dead.  He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.  There was a substantial crowd of townspeople with her.” From a distance Jesus noticed that the town gate was unusually quiet and now he sees why.  Or maybe he heard it before he could see it, because as they got to Nain they met a burial procession coming through the gate.  There was the stretcher being carried by pallbearers and on it was the body of a young man.  Following behind was his mother, crying her eyes out and wailing loudly.  I wonder if Jesus knew them.  Nain wasn't far from Capernaum or from Nazareth, so it's entirely possible that Jesus knew these people or, at least, knew who they were.  Luke knew enough about them to report that the woman was a widow and that the young man was her only son.  Her husband was dead and now so was her only son and that meant that she was destitute.  That meant that she was without hope. The whole town was gathered and they wept and they wailed loudly so that she could weep without embarrassment.  They were on their way to the burial plot outside town.  There would have been a little cave.  Sort of a family plot, with the bones of her husband's ancestors.  Some time before she'd made this trip with her son by her side as the mourners carried her husband to that little cave and laid him to rest.  Eventually, she had gone and put his bare bones in a box, leaving the burial shelf empty.  And today she would put her son there.  And then what?  Come harvest time, she'd have to join the poor, gleaning in the fields and the vineyards, collecting whatever was left behind by the harvesters.  And she prayed no one would come to seize her house and turn her out into the street. And seeing her, Jesus knew her grief.  He knew her hopelessness.  And I wonder what went through his head.  Did he recognise an opportunity here to make a point about the bigger, deeper, wider meaning of the kingdom for the crowd following him?  I suspect it occurred to him.  But I think, more than anything, Jesus saw in this woman the pain and the sorrow and the tears of this fallen and broken world and he was overcome with love—because that's who he was.  The widow and the orphan have always had a special place in God's heart.  How they were treated was always—and still is—emblematic of whether or not the people had the heart of God themselves.  And so I think it was simply the most natural thing in the world for the heart of Jesus to be overwhelmed with love and pity for this woman and he simply did what came naturally to him. Luke writes, “And when the Lord saw her, he was very sorry for her.  ‘Don't cry,' he said to her.  Then he went up and touched the stretcher and the people carrying it stood still.” That would have been bad form for anyone else, but not for Jesus.  I still expect people were shocked.  You didn't get in the way of a funeral procession then any more than you do now.  But to touch the stretcher—that would render him unclean.  So the crowd watched in surprise or shock as Jesus stopped the procession.  And they heard him say to the woman, “Don't cry.”  And I can only imagine what they were thinking when he then went to the dead boy and said, “Young man, I say to you, ‘Get up!'”  They'd seen Jesus do some amazing things.  They'd seen him heal the sick and the blind and the lame, but could he actually raise the dead?  That was kind of over the top, even for Jesus.  And yet…there were stories from the old days.  Could the things in those old stories happen again? These people were deeply steeped in the scriptures and some of them must have recognised that what Jesus was doing had echoes of the stories they knew so well.  I say that because Luke recognised the parallels and makes a point of reporting this story very deliberately so that it echoes the stories of the prophets Elijah and Elisha—particularly Elijah in 1 Kings 17. Nine hundred years before, King Ahab had ruled Israel.  He was the latest in a line of wicked kings who did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.  Ahab built an altar to the Canaanite fertility god Baal in the Lord's temple and he led the people into idolatry and all sorts of unspeakable evils.  First Kings says that Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.  And so the Lord visited his people with a drought and the drought brought with it a famine.  And the Lord announced that drought and famine through the Prophet Elijah, whom he sent to the king.  Of course, that made Elijah rather unpopular with the king, so the Lord first led him to a hiding place in the wilderness, where he sent ravens to bring him bread and meat each morning and evening and where he could drink from a creek.  But when the creek dried up, the Lord sent him to the home of a widow and her only son. The widow had nothing left but enough flour and oil to make a small loaf of bread.  When Elijah met her, she was planning to bake the bread for herself and for her son as a last meal.  Then they would die.  But the Prophet told her to bake the bread for him in faith.  If she did that, he said, the Lord would keep her jars of flour and oil full as long as the famine lasted.  And so, in faith, she did as he told her and, in response, the Lord provided.  All through the famine the Lord took care of her.  Neither the flour nor the oil ran out. And then one day that poor widow's son became ill and died.  And she forgot all that the Lord had done through Elijah to keep her and her son alive and she berated the Prophet for bringing this on her.  And so Elijah took the boy and laid him on his bed, and stretching himself over the boy three times, he pleaded with the Lord to restore his life.  And the Lord heard and the boy rose up and Elijah took him to his mother.  When she saw her boy alive, she declared, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.” That, of course, wasn't the end of the story.  This was all to spare Elijah from the wrath of King Ahab and eventually the Lord would send the Prophet back to the King to announce an end to the drought.  But it wasn't quite that simple.  The Lord told Elijah to challenge Ahab's pagan priests to a showdown.  Elijah would give them a chance to build and alter, offer a sacrifice, and to pray to Baal to end the drought, before building his own altar, offering a sacrifice, and praying to the Lord.  On the mountain, Baal's priests proved their god's impotence, while the Lord visited his people: sending down fire to consume Elijah's offering and then causing it finally to rain, while his priests slaughtered the priests of Baal who had led the people of Israel into idolatry. The story of Elijah and the widow of Zeraphath, situated in that bigger story of the God of Israel and the defeat of Ahab and his false god, it was a story about the Lord's love.  About the Lord's love for his people—a love so great that he would not let an evil king lead them off forever into idolatry and evil.  It was about the Lord's love for the poor and destitute.  And it was a story of hope.  The Lord will not let his people languish forever in sin and darkness and hopelessness.  When the time is right, he will visit his people, he will deal with sin and death, he will wipe away the tears, and he will set the world to rights. And it was that vision of the love of God that the people around Jesus—most of them, at any rate—it was that great vision of the love of God and the restoration of all things that they lacked.  When the Messiah came, they struggled to see him as anything more than their personal miracle-worker.  When it came to setting things to rights, they had trouble seeing any further than their desire for the Messiah to rain down fire and brimstone on the Romans and their pagan allies.  There were all these interest groups in Israel, from the Pharisees to the Sadducees, from the Essenes to the Zealots (well, the Zealots would come a few decades later, but their spiritual fathers were there in Jesus' day).  And they all had their own vision of what the Messiah would be and what he would do and what it would look like when the Lord finally came to visit his people.  And their visions of all of that were just so incredibly small and self-centred and lacking in grace and with no real grasp of how truly deep and wide the love of God is.  The crude idolatry that Israel had known in Elijah's day was long gone from Israel, but a more subtle idolatry had taken its place and it blinded people to who Jesus really was and what God was doing through him. But this day the God of those old “fairy tales” was going to burst into the present—like King Arthur returned to rescue Britain in its darkest hour.  That day at the gate of Nain, Jesus—like Elijah and like Elisha (that's another story Luke echoes, but we don't have time for this morning)—Jesus stopped the pallbearers, put his hands on the stretcher, and said to the dead boy, “Get up!”.  And instead of uncleanness passing from the dead boy to Jesus, the life of the living God passed from Jesus to the dead boy and, Luke tells us, “The dead boy sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother.”  And her tears of sorrow turned in tears of joy.  Jesus not only raised her son, but he also gave the womam back her own life.  But the bigger thing, at least for Luke, was the response of the crowd.  “Fear”—or maybe better great awe—“came over all of them.  They praised God.  ‘A great prophet has risen amongst us!' they said.  ‘God has visited his people!'  And this report went out about him in the whole of Judaea and the surrounding countryside.” Many wondered if the God of those old stories was real.  They hadn't heard a prophet speak in centuries.  The same went for the raising of the dead.  And the glory cloud, God's presence in the temple, had been gone for five hundred years—if it had ever been there at all.  But now they knew.  The God of Israel was real and alive and he was working through Jesus.  But did they really get it now?  Yes and no, I think.  Even the disciples wouldn't really and fully get it until after they'd encountered Jesus risen from death.  And even then, they wouldn't really, really get it until Pentecost and the sending of the Spirit.  But Luke does seem to be saying that the people “got it” more than they had before.  They stood in awe because they knew they were somehow and in some way either in the presence of the God of Israel or in the presence of this representative and one who had his power and authority.  They knew they had seen God at work and so they praised him.  And when they proclaimed that a great prophet had risen up amongst them and that God has visited his people, they were exuberantly proclaiming that they now knew that God had once again come into the darkness to set things to rights like he had done back in the days of Elijah, because only the living God has such power over death.  And so they cheered even if they didn't understand or even if they still had messed up ideas about what it all meant or how it would play out.  They knew that in Jesus God had come to fulfil his promises: to right the wrongs, to wipe away the tears, and I think with this latest miracle, the hope dawned in some—maybe even many—that Jesus had come to defeat even death itself. It's important that in telling the story, Luke doesn't just look backward to Elijah.  The story echoes back into Israel's past, but it also looks forward.  Because Luke also deliberate tells this story in a way that anticipates the story we know so well, the story to which all of this is leading.  We meet Jesus at the cross, where sin and death did their worst, where Mary wept as he died.  And then, three days later as Jesus burst from the tomb alive again, having conquered both sin and death; as he wipes away the tears of another Mary, who mistook him for the groundskeeper because he was there tending the garden, like Adam restored to Eden. Brothers and Sisters, it's the final story, the climax of the Gospels, the story to which all these others lead us, it's there that we're confronted once and for all by the love of God made manifest in Jesus.  God gives his son to die in order to set the world to rights, in order to defeat sin and death, and he does it for the very people who broke his creation and brought sin and death into it when they rebelled against him.  That's love—and grace and mercy and patience and so much more—but above all it's love.  And Brothers and Sisters, it's love that overwhelms absolutely everything it encounters.  It's the love that finally opened the eyes of Jesus' disciples to understand that the Messiah wasn't their personal miracle worker or that he belonged to Israel alone—to set them on the top of the heap while raining down fire and brimstone on the gentiles.  No, the love of God made manifest in the crucified and risen Jesus is the love that reveals a plan to redeem not only Israel, but the nations and even creation itself.  And a love that will spare nothing to do so.  It was that love, encountered in the risen Jesus, that opened the eyes of Paul and turned him from being a persecutor of Jesus' people to being an evangelist, an apostle, a gospeller of the gospel—proclaiming the good news of this love made manifest in the death and resurrection of Jesus to the nations. Paul knew that this love that is already in the process of setting the world to rights, is the same love that will—if we can only begin to grasp its depths—this love will set us to rights.  This love will realign our affections and purge us of our idolatries and our sins.  This love will reveal the values and systems and plans and things of this old evil age to be the worthless garbage they are and will set our hearts and minds on God and on his kingdom.  But for that to happen we have to truly encounter God's love in Jesus.  This is why Paul, in our Epistle today from Ephesians, wrote to struggling Christians to say, “This is my prayer: that [God] will lay out all the riches of his glory to give you strength and power, through his Spirit, in your inner being; that the Messiah may make his home in your hearts, through faith; that love may be your root, your firm foundation; and that you may be strong enough (with all God's saints) to grasp the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the Messiah's love—though actually it's so deep that nobody can really know it!  So may God will you with all his fullness.” Brothers and Sisters, if we are still invested in sin, if we are still invested in ourselves, if we are still invested in the things of this age, if we are still looking for philosophy or science or politics or economics to set this broken world to rights, we need instead to focus all the more on Jesus and the cross and to plumb the depths of God's love revealed there until our hearts are aligned with him and with his new creation. We need to steep ourselves in the love of God that we might know the riches of his glory—riches so great, a vision of new creation so glorious, of all the sad things of this world made untrue—that we fall in love with it and let go all our idols.  A pearl of great price so beautiful that we give up everything to have it.  But Brother and Sisters, instead we too often lose sight of that vision as we're overcome by the sadness and the pain and the darkness around us.  Our faith stumbles and we stop being the on-earth-as-in-heaven people that Jesus and the Spirit have made us.  We let the idols creep back in, and we start looking to them—to the things of this fallen world—as the way out and as our hope.  And we align ourselves with the very things that have corrupted God's creation, with the very things that hurt our relationships, and that keep us and the people around us from flourishing in God's goodness.  In the face of greater evils, we accept the lesser and we do it over and over and over until we've embraced idolatry, lost our vision of God's new creation, and forgotten the true power of the good news of God's love in Jesus. The solution, Brothers and Sisters, as St. Paul says so often, is to keep our eyes on Jesus and on his kingdom.  To daily plumb the depths of the love of God made manifest in Jesus, crucified and risen.  If you struggle with sin, if you struggle with selfishness, if you struggle with idolatry, if you struggle to keep God's new creation at the centre of your vision, if your hope is not in Jesus and Jesus alone, hear Paul's words today: let the love of God in Jesus be your root and your firm foundation. Let's pray: O Lord, let your continual pity cleanse and defend your church; and because it cannot continue in safety without your aid, protect it by your help and goodness for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Pastor Clark

King Ahaziah's Mistake and Elijah's ProphecyIn this episode, the story of King Ahaziah from the Bible is discussed. Instead of calling on God for healing, Ahaziah sought help from Beelzebub, a false god. This angered God, who then sent the prophet Elijah to convey a message to the king. Elijah informed Ahaziah that because he trusted in a false god rather than God, he would not recover from his illness and would die. The episode delves into the details of this biblical encounter and its implications. Download the Relationship Rescue Plan to help you trust God in marriage, parenting, dating and spirituality.00:00 The King's Betrayal: Turning to False Gods00:27 Elijah's Prophetic Message01:55 The King's Fate Sealed02:21 The Final Confrontation

From Elijah on Mount Carmel, to Jesus flipping tables, in this message Teegan calls out lukewarm faith and encourages us to step into bold obedience.

The helicopter crash and other recent tragedies were clear prophecies from God to some of us prophets, but Dampare's warnings have forced us into silence. - Prophet Elijah Opoku, founder of House of Fire and Anointing Ministry

A study of the Prophet Elijah and 1 Kings 18. 

GOD CARES ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF HIS PEOPLE.  HE PROVIDES, BLESSES AND EVEN MULTIPLIES RESOURCES SUPERNATURALLY.

THE LIFE OF PROPHET ELIJAH OFFERS A VALUABLE ASPECT OF HOW NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS MUST RELATE WITH GOD.

Deep in the heart of Israel, God desires to be known by His chosen people.  Revealing Himself to Moses as Yahweh, the Great I Am, a name too holy to utter, the Israelites call Him Jehovah.  Throughout the Old Testament, Jehovah responds to the faith of His people and shows Himself strong on their behalf.  In remembrance of Jehovah's power and love, the people give Him additional names describing His ability and willingness to help in their lives.  Each name describes the nature of the One True God!  Each is Jehovah!  Together, they are the J-Team!The son of the widow woman, whom God used to feed and provide a place for the Prophet Elijah to live, became very sick one day… and died.  His mother brought him to Elijah.#kids, #biblestoriesforkids, #storiesforkids,#bedtimestoriesforkids, #storiesforchristiankids, #biblelessonsforkids, #bestronginthelord, #namesofgod, #jehovahrapha, #thelordgodalmightyourhealer, #healing, #jesusourhealer,  #fishbytesforkids, #fishbytes4kids, #fishbites4kids, #ronandcarriewebb, #roncarriewebb

The son of the widow woman, whom God used to feed and provide a place for the Prophet Elijah to live, became very sick one day… and died. His mother brought him to Elijah. Deep in the heart of Israel, God desires to be known by His chosen people. Revealing Himself to Moses as Yahweh, the Great I Am, a name too holy to utter, the Israelites call Him Jehovah. Throughout the Old Testament, Jehovah responds to the faith of His people and shows Himself strong on their behalf. In remembrance of Jehovah's power and love, the people give Him additional names describing His ability and willingness to help in their lives. Each name describes the nature of the One True God! Each is Jehovah! Together, they are the J-Team! #kids, #biblestoriesforkids, #storiesforkids,#bedtimestoriesforkids, #storiesforchristiankids, #biblelessonsforkids, #bestronginthelord, #namesofgod, #jehovahrapha, #thelordgodalmightyourhealer, #healing, #jesusourhealer, #fishbytesforkids, #fishbytes4kids, #fishbites4kids, #ronandcarriewebb, #roncarriewebb

Lesson 4 - An Example in Perseverance1 Kings 21:1-28; 1 Kings 19:19-21 and 2 Kings 2:1-15. Elijah was an incredible man of prayer. He knew what it was like to persevere even when he was hated and rejected for his relationship with God. Choosing not to see it as the end of his usefulness to God, he was willing to see God's bigger picture and humbly invest in the life of his successor, Elisha.

Lesson 3 - When Fear Overwhelms and Depression Sets In1 Kings 18:40-19:18.As Christ followers, we know that the extremes of life teach us to trust Him, they draw us closer to Him, and conform us to His likeness. Elijah shows us what to do when those dark moments happen in our lives. God is never going to forget us! In fact, the Lord often uses those valleys to take us on to higher places, if only we will put our trust in Him and obey His Word.

Lesson 21 - An Exceptional GodKings 17:12-18:40.Elijah knew that nothing is impossible for God. In his encounter with the prophets of Baal we learn the truth that all religions are not the same and that enthusiasm and great activity are not always signs of spirituality! The prophets of Baal were no doubt sincere in what they believed, but it is possible to be sincerely wrong! People can have faith, but what truly matters is the object of that faith!

Lesson 1 - An Ordinary Man1 Kings 17:1-15.We know nothing about the Prophet Elijah other than he came from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. No one knows about his family or his education, all we do know is that he was rather an odd character! But his life teaches us that God knows how to raise up leaders when they are needed, and that He can use anyone — even a person from absolute obscurity — to do His will!

This Sunday's Podcast message addresses, several unique characteristic traits of the anointed Prophet Elijah. Join as I speak regarding those characteristics and see if any sound like some from this Age.Scriptures that were mention in this message: James 5:17, 1 Chro 8:27, 1 Kings 18:46, 1 Kings 17:3, 1 Kings 19:8, 1 Kings 19, 1 Kings 19:10, & verse 14, 1 Kings 17:1 & verse 21, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:37, 1 Kings 17:22, 1 Kings 18:22, Transfiguration: Luke 9:28-36, Love The LORD, Deu 6:5, Matt. 22:37-40, Mark 12:30-31.Joyful! Evangelist Laverna Spain. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faith-of-a-mustard-seed-messages-of-faith-through-challenges--4257220/support.

Prophet Klomega brought an inspiring word on Destiny Helpers and the type of people yopu need in your life. The 3 mentioned were Divine Connectors, Gifted People and Burden Bearers. 

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Today's Talmud pages, Bava Batra 94 and 95, tell the story of a strange way to resolve a financial dispute involving locking some of the money up and waiting for the Prophet Elijah to return to earth and adjudicate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why waiting for the Messiah is really an invitation for all of us to mend our ways here in this world. What would you do differently in your own life once the Messiah arrives? Listen and find out. Like the show? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group. We think that you may also enjoy Liel's new book How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book, available directly from the publisher, or wherever you purchase books. Listen to the Testimonies Archive, a partnership between Tablet Studios and the USC Shoah Foundation, for eyewitness audio accounts from Israel in the wake of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks. Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Thank you for listening to our Surge Church Podcast. It is striking to recognize the prophetic parallels between The Days Of Elijah and today. In this message, Brad Sullivan provides point by point prophetic links we see manifesting today that were dominate in the Days of the Prophet Elijah and what our response as believers should be. 

Luke 3:1-6 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' "   Luke is presenting the historical Jesus to us as the perfect Son of Man and reminding us at the same time that Jesus is the sinless Son of God. God Himself robed in human flesh! In chapters one and two, Luke records the details of the births of John, the son of Zacharias, and Jesus, the Son of God! After a brief account of Jesus being taken to the Temple as a twelve-year-old boy, Luke now jumps forward thirty years and describes the beginning of the ministries of both John and Jesus.   When John the Baptist appeared on the scene, no prophetic voice had been heard in Israel for 400 years. His coming was a part of God's perfect timing, for everything that relates to God's Son is always on schedule (Gal. 4:4; John 2:4; 13:1). The "silent years" were nearly over. God was about to speak again, first through a prophet and then through His Son. Because of this fact and because it was so important, Luke carefully dates the event. He tells us specifically that John's ministry began in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar was between A.D. 28/29.   In his introduction to the ministries of John and Jesus, Luke named seven different men in Luke 3:1-2, including a Roman emperor, a governor, three tetrarchs (rulers over a fourth part of an area), and two Jewish high priests. But God's Word was not sent to any of them! Instead, the message of God came to John the Baptist, a humble Jewish prophet.   So, Luke amasses all of this weight of historical evidence to document the sudden appearance of John with his rousing cry: "Repent!" An emperor, a governor, three tetrarchs, and two high priests, all to introduce the man who was, by all outward appearances, just a backwoods, desert preacher. But what a man! And what a preacher! And what a message!   Notice how John came in verse 3.  He came resembling the Prophet Elijah in manner and dress (Luke 1:17; Matt. 3:4; 2 Kings 1:8). John came to the same area “in the wilderness” near the Jordan River where Elijah had ascended into heaven in a chariot of fire, preaching and baptizing. He announced the arrival of the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 3:3) and urged the people to repent. Centuries before, Israel had crossed the Jordan (a national baptism) to claim their Promised Land. Now God summoned them to turn from sin and enter His spiritual kingdom.   Keep in mind that John did much more than preach against sin; he also proclaimed the Gospel. The word preached in Luke 3:18 gives us the English word evangelize ("to preach the Good News"). John introduced Jesus as the Lamb of God (John 1:29) and told people to trust in Him. John was only the best man at the wedding: Jesus was the Bridegroom (John 3:25-30). John rejoiced at the opportunity of introducing people to the Savior, and then getting out of the way.   Yes, the Word of God came to John, and he began to preach! Today, the Word of God, (the Bible in your hands), will come to you if you will take the time to read and receive it! And Jesus, the Living Word, will come to you and abide in your heart if you will repent, believe and receive Him!   God bless!

Have you ever witnessed a biblical site in person? If not, you'll hear what it would be like as William Varner shares his experience and journey through academia and faith.  As a professor of biblical languages and Bible exposition at The Master's University and former director of the IBEX program, Varner illuminates the world of biblical studies, faith, and firsthand accounts of sacred sites. Having written over 100 published articles in scholarly and popular magazines and authored The Chariot of Israel: Exploits of the Prophet Elijah, The Way of the Didache, and Handbook for Praying Scripture, Varner is well-respected in his field. Tune in for profound insights into Israel's history and so much more, including: What it's like being a Christian in secular settings and the challenges it presents Unique insights into Varner's faith journey The transformative experience of witnessing Biblical sites firsthand Interested in learning more about Varner and his work? Press play now! Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/38oMlMr

Have you ever faced a situation that left you paralyzed by fear? In this powerful message, Pastor Nate shares a deeply personal story of a health scare that brought him face-to-face with overwhelming anxiety. Drawing parallels to the life of the Prophet Elijah, Pastor [Name] explores how fear can cripple us, but how faith in God's guidance can empower us to face our greatest challenges.In this installment of the CONFIDENT series, we'll dive into 1 Kings 18:1-15, where Elijah's courage in confronting King Ahab offers profound lessons for our own lives. Discover the importance of listening to God's guidance, taking faithful risks, and standing firm in the midst of fear. Whether you're facing a health crisis, financial stress, or any other life challenge, this message will encourage you to trust God and find the strength to move forward with faith and courage.For prayer, giving, and to stay connected, please visit: https://www.cccgreeley.orgDiscussion Guide: https://www.cccgreeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-8-31-9-1-Group-Discussion-Questions.pdfDiscover Exciting Events Kicking Off in September!: https://mailchi.mp/cccgreeley/weekly-digital-newsletter-685585Christ Community Church – Greeley, CO

My God is God—and yours isn't! That was the message of the Prophet Elijah—and the message of God's Elijah Work today. The Former Prophets

In this conversation, we connect with William Varner, a professor of biblical languages and Bible exposition at The Master's University and former director of the IBEX program. With three master's degrees, a doctorate, and seven years of pastoral experience in Pennsylvania, William's academic and spiritual journey took a transformative turn during his first trip to Israel — a journey that reshaped his entire approach to ministry. William has authored a rich array of works, including The Chariot of Israel: Exploits of the Prophet Elijah, The Way of the Didache, and Handbook for Praying Scripture. With over 100 articles published in both academic journals and popular magazines, his expertise is widely recognized in academic and Biblical communities alike. His 17 years of experience in Jewish ministry in Israel have endowed him with profound insights into the geography and history of the region, which he shares with students from across the world to this day…. Jump in now to find out:  What attracted William to Biblical studies.  An inside look at William's faith journey. How Christians are perceived and treated in secular environments.  The eye-opening experience of witnessing Biblical monuments in person.  Want to learn more about William and his work? Click here now! Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/30PvU9C

It may come as a surprise to some . . . it may be welcome confirmation for others . . . but believers can get depressed. Yes, there are numerous Scriptures about joy and contentment, but we're humans living in mortal bodies, in challenging times. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie focuses on a depressing time in the life of the great prophet Elijah, and highlights a number of practical principles to help us in our times of challenge. You might want to take some notes. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://harvest.org/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It may come as a surprise to some . . . it may be welcome confirmation for others . . . but believers can get depressed. Yes, there are numerous Scriptures about joy and contentment, but we're humans living in mortal bodies, in challenging times. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie focuses on a depressing time in the life of the great prophet Elijah, and highlights a number of practical principles to help us in our times of challenge. You might want to take some notes. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://harvest.org/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God's training - example of prophet Elijah. This message was shared by Bro. Theodore Andoseh, during the leaders' bible camp in Koume from the 1st - 15th of August 2024

How did the title of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel come about?  What is the connection with the Prophet Elijah?  How did the spirituality of Elijah spread across the world?  What happened on July 16th that is so significant to Carmelites?  What is the connection of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel to the Church approved apparitions of Our Lady in Lourdes and in Fatima?  How are we connected today?

Mountains play a prominent role in Carmelite Spirituality and in Prayer.  What does the mountain represent?  In the scriptures, we read about the Prophet Elijah and mountains.  What did the mountains represent for Elijah?  Even our Lord went to the mountains many times in His life.  How does that connect to our lives today?

Hey good people! This week's episode was a hard one to make. We're living in unprecedented times. So many of us are struggling with so many things and it makes it difficult for us to choose faith. Faith requires full surrender, while fear gives us a bit of control. Fear gives us the ability to manage our outcome, even if it's not ideal.But my prayer for you is that you glean from the widow that the Prophet Elijah asked for water and bread. My prayer is that you trust God with it all, despite what it looks like. My prayer is that faith becomes your first option and not your last resort. My prayer is that you spend more time resting in God's presence and less wrestling with what He's already worked out in His Sovereignty.Reference Scriptures: 1 Kings 16-171 Peter 5:7Philippians 4:6-8

Elijah was a prophet who faced immense challenges and discouragement. Discover how God provided for him physically and emotionally, even in his darkest moments and during a period of widespread idolatry in Israel. We see Elijah's strength in challenging the prophets of Baal, but also his vulnerability when he feels alone and exhausted. Through his journey, we learn that God cares for us in all aspects, offering nourishment for our body and presence during times of despair.Key Takeaways:Even the most faithful can feel discouraged.God provides for both our physical and emotional needs.We are never truly alone in our struggles.God's voice might come in unexpected ways, like a gentle whisper.1 Kgs. 19:3-13 // Rachel NesseRelated SearchesElijah and the prophets of Baal, Bible stories about Discouragement, Feeling alone in your faith, How does God care for us?SERMON NOTES (YouVersion): https://bible.com/events/49281458PRAYER REQUESTS: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2542/responses/new24.07.07Kings: Elijah [Kings: 06]

Elijah was a prophet who faced immense challenges and discouragement. Discover how God provided for him physically and emotionally, even in his darkest moments and during a period of widespread idolatry in Israel. We see Elijah's strength in challenging the prophets of Baal, but also his vulnerability when he feels alone and exhausted. Through his journey, we learn that God cares for us in all aspects, offering nourishment for our body and presence during times of despair. Key Takeaways:Even the most faithful can feel discouraged.God provides for both our physical and emotional needs.We are never truly alone in our struggles.God's voice might come in unexpected ways, like a gentle whisper. 1 Kgs. 19:3-13 // Caleb Jenkins Related SearchesElijah and the prophets of Baal, Bible stories about Discouragement, Feeling alone in your faith, How does God care for us? SERMON NOTES (YouVersion): https://bible.com/events/49281480PRAYER REQUESTS: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2553/responses/new 24.07.07

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Most Christians have at least some knowledge of prophecy and of our Lord's second coming. The Bible, however, teaches that the ancient Prophet Elijah may also come again. Confirmation of this seldom-heard teaching comes from an unlikely sourceancient Jewish tradition! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1094/29

Lesson 4 – 2nd Kings 3 2 ND KINGS Week 4, chapter 3 Beginning in 2 nd Kings Chapter 2, the beginning of the end of the Prophet Elijah's reign as the highest and chief prophet among the many prophets of Israel and Judah was commenced. Eliyahu (Elijah), Elisha's former master, who had been mysteriously […] The post Lesson 4 – 2nd Kings 3 appeared first on Torah Class.

2 ND KINGS Week 4, chapter 3 Beginning in 2 nd Kings Chapter 2, the beginning of the end of the Prophet Elijah's reign as the highest and chief prophet among the many prophets of Israel and Judah was commenced. Eliyahu (Elijah), Elisha's former master, who had been mysteriously removed from earth by God in […] The post Lesson 4 – 2 Kings 3 appeared first on Torah Class.

Pastor Kaci shares an inspiring message about how God sees where you are and knows what you need because He cares about you. We can learn and gleam from Prophet Elijah's life, as he had high mountaintop experiences and low valley moments, but God was still gracious and compassionate to take care of him. There are moments in our journey when we need to just stop, Look, and listen.

Pastor Kaci shares an inspiring message about how God sees where you are and knows what you need because He cares about you. We can learn and gleam from Prophet Elijah's life, as he had high mountaintop experiences and low valley moments, but God was still gracious and compassionate to take care of him. There are moments in our journey when we need to just stop, Look, and listen.

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Elijah is Coming!!!Topics in this episode include epiphanies in Dubliners, the transformative power of peristalsis, Leopold Bloom and the Prophet Elijah, the peculiar tale of John Alexander Dowie, God's bloodlust, the also peculiar history of the Salvation Army, what religion and advertising have in common, phosphorescence, polygamy, monster trucks, Bloom as a redeemer for Ireland, and the surprising origin of the city of Zion, Illinois.Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.On the Blog:Elijah is coming! Is Coming!! IS COMING!!!Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | InstagramSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

If you've ever experienced a Passover meal, you may remember a special place setting for the Prophet Elijah. Why? Because of God's promise to send Elijah before the great and awesome day of the Lord (Malachi 4:5-6). However, some people believe that Elijah has already come and there is no need to await a future fulfillment. Did Elijah already come in the form of John the Baptist? In this episode, we seek to bring some clarity to this conundrum.