Devotional
A Still Small Voice
…Yahweh was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. WEB Elijah has just seen fire fall from heaven on Carmel, and yet on the run from Jezebel he expects God to show up again in overwhelming power.…
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Bible studies (5)
Devotional
Is Anyone Sick Among You?
…case of a wider pattern of mutual prayer in the church. James points to Elijah in verses 17-18 as an example of the prayer of a righteous person being powerful, praying that it would not rain and then that it would,…
Devotional
The Sun of Righteousness
…with a command to remember the law of Moses (4:4) and a promise that Elijah will be sent before the great and terrible day of the Lord (4:5-6), turning the hearts of fathers to children. The book ends looking backward…
Devotional
This Is My Beloved Son, Listen to Him
…WEB Peter has just suggested building three shelters, treating Moses, Elijah, and Jesus as equals worth honoring side by side. The voice from the cloud corrects this immediately: only one figure remains the subject of…
52 Week Journey
Week 33: Hearing God's Voice
…and lay down in his place. WEB A Still Small Voice God did not speak to Elijah in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. 1 Kings 19:12 and after the earthquake a fire; but Yahweh was not in the fire; and after the fire…
Bible topics (5)
Biblical concept
King and kingship
…in a way that had few parallels around Israel. Nathan confronts David, Elijah confronts Ahab, and the confrontation is treated as legitimate rather than treasonous. The nation's whole condition rose and fell with the…
Biblical concept
Oil and anointing
…(Leviticus 8:12), Saul, David and Solomon are anointed as kings, and Elijah is told to anoint Elisha in his place (1 Kings 19:16). In daily life oil was used on the skin against sun and dryness, offered to guests as…
Place in Scripture
Mountain
…pattern in one scene: a high mountain, a cloud, a voice, and Moses and Elijah, two men who had each met God on a mountain, standing beside the Son (Matthew 17:1-5). God is more present on mountains than elsewhere.…
Place in Scripture
Wilderness
…built and carried through it. Kingdom David hides in it from Saul, and Elijah collapses under a broom tree and is fed by an angel (1 Kings 19:4-8). Prophets The wilderness becomes the place of God's new road and of…
Christian Living
Depression: What the Bible Says
…and a reason to keep hoping in God. 1 Kings 19:4-9 God feeds and lets Elijah sleep before He corrects him. Lamentations 3:19-24 Grief remembered, then mercy that is new each morning. 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 Paul despairing…
Questions and answers (10)
Bible question
Does God hear my prayers?
…fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James immediately names Elijah and calls him a man subject to like passions as we are. He anticipates the reader thinking that this only applies to spiritual giants and…
Bible question
Does God provide for my needs?
…not fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth. She did as Elijah said, and the jar of meal didn’t run out. The supply never became a store. Scripture says the jars did not fail, not that they were filled,…
Bible question
What does the Bible say about anxiety?
…down. Martha is corrected inside the friendship, never outside it. Elijah, exhausted and afraid under a tree 1 Kings 19:3-12 After the greatest day of his ministry Elijah ran for his life and asked God to take it. He…
Bible question
What does the Bible say about contentment?
…and lay down sullen and angry. Jezebel had Naboth killed, and God sent Elijah with judgement, 1 Kings 21:17-19. Discontent here is not caused by lack. A man with everything is undone by one thing he does not have, which…
Bible question
What does the Bible say about fear?
…same reason had already been given through Moses in Deuteronomy 31:6. Elijah after Carmel 1 Kings 19:1-8 After the greatest public victory of his ministry he heard one threat from Jezebel, ran for his life, and asked to…
Bible question
What does the Bible say about loneliness?
…who were genuinely alone, including its greatest servants and its Lord. Elijah, who thought he was the only one left 1 Kings 19:9-18 Elijah told God twice that he alone was left and that his life was being hunted. His…
Bible question
What does the Bible say about money?
…and a little oil, and expected to eat one last meal and die. Through Elijah's word the jar of meal did not run out and the oil did not fail until rain came, verses 14 to 16. God's care reached the smallest household…
Bible question
What does the Bible teach about heaven?
…we will. The disciples recognized the risen Christ, and Moses and Elijah were recognized at the transfiguration though they had died centuries before. Matthew 17:3-4 Peter recognizes Moses and Elijah at the…
Bible question
Who is God?
…and truth, seen this time in a face rather than from behind a rock. Elijah at Horeb 1 Kings 19:9-13 Exhausted and afraid after Carmel, Elijah waited on the same mountain and watched wind, earthquake and fire pass by.…
Bible question
Who is Jesus?
…I, the Son of Man, am?” They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ,…
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