Posts from June 2024

Sometimes, we are not ok. [1Ki 19:4 NASB95] 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O LORD, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.” Elijah wants to die just from calling fire from heaven and drought-ending rain. In this verse, Elijah is not ok. As a result of…

Don’t quit praying and looking for your miracle. [1Ki 18:43 NASB95] 43 He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. Here is where I part company from the Word of Faith message. The Word of Faith message is one of the most potent systematic theologies in Christianity. It has changed my life. Applying the principles of the Word…

Sometimes, we get confused about what is happening. [1Ki 17:18 NASB95] 18 So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!” A battle amid a miracle. This woman was in the middle of a provision miracle—the oil and flour were still multiplying. Things were good. Then, her son dies. What! Why? She is understandably…

Miracles are God’s Will for You. [Jas 5:17-18 NASB95] 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit. Elijah: A New Testament Example James uses the Old Testament prophet Elijah as an example of how God wants to work in…