Key Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” And he said, “You have asked […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 25: Man’s End: ConsequencesKey Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 23: Man’s End: ConceptsKey Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” (1 Kings 18:21 ESVUK) The mission of God is not easy. People called by God can feel under the strain of events […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 22: Man’s End: ContentKey Episode Scripture: 1 Kings chapters 18 and 19 and 2 Kings chapter 2 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” (1 Kings 18:1 ESVUK) People have a problem with God. That problem is evil. […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 21: Man’s End: ContextCan you imagine this? You’re a great leader. You’re at the forefront of a movement that has seen you defy all the odds. The greatest power of the day came to nothing because of the meek and humble approach with which you challenged them for the sake of justice. Now a people that were oppressed […]
Read More See It Then Live ItNo matter how much I read the Bible, I am no expert on it. There’s always a perspective someone shares that makes me sit and pay attention. We were gathering as we usually do round the home and sitting down conversing. I personally was very excited because there was this person that I admire a […]
Read More The Assistant and the ApprenticeThis is one of my favourite episodes on scripture. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More What Is the Story of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal?The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. (2 Kings 2:15 NIV) The Request God had already told Elijah to go appoint Elisha to be his successor. Yet this episode is […]
Read More The Kings II 02 – Elisha InheritsHe told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” (2 […]
Read More The Kings II 01 – Sick to Death of IdolatryAhab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.” (1 Kings 21:20) The fix was in. He never stood a chance. He signed his own death sentence the moment he had dared to […]
Read More The Kings 21 – No Room for Injustice (Ahab: Strike Two)
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