2010-11-04T12:31:46-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/elijah/ http://ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3028 2010-11-04T12:31:46-05:00 Every day the news reinforces what you want to forget--you live in an insecure world. Elijah's times were no safer. He faced famine, murder and corruption--with both courage and fear. In these eight studies on Elijah's life, Douglas Connelly helps you look beyond the insecurity of the world to our sovereign God who reigns forever. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019:1-18&version=NIV 2009-10-07T17:29:36-05:00 Fearing for his life and on the run from the evil tyrant Jezebel, the prophet Elijah took refuge at Horeb. While he was there, God comforted him with the assurance that not all of Israel had turned to wickedness. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/rain-when-there-are-no-clouds-2506 2009-10-01T10:00:10-05:00 Here's the question: Will you trust your Heavenly Father so completely that you will hear the sound of a heavy rain when there's no cloud the rain could come from? Well, then grab your umbrella! What you see isn't what you're going to get! The downpour is on its way. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%202:9&version=NIV 2009-09-20T18:54:33-05:00 As Elijah prepared to depart the earth, he asked his apprentice Elisha what Elisha wanted from him. Rather than asking for possessions or for worldly status, Elisha simply asked for a "double portion" of the spirit that empowered Elijah to serve God to effectively. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019:19-21&version=NIV 2009-09-03T13:37:29-05:00 The story of Elisha's calling of a successor. He marked his successor by placing his mantle on him as he worked. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2018:16-46&version=NIV 2009-08-07T09:06:51-05:00 Baal was a false Canaanite god that the Israelites frequently worshiped in defiance of God's commands. In this famous scene from the Old Testament, the prophet Elijah confronts the priests of Baal, and God clearly demonstrates His power and Baal's powerlessness. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%202:1-18&version=NIV 2009-07-23T15:09:59-05:00 Elisha was the "apprentice" of and successor to the prophet Elijah. In this story, Elisha witnesses his master taken up into heaven, and assumes the mantle of Elijah's ministry. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2017:1&version=NIV 2009-07-14T09:35:51-05:00 This passage introduces us to Elijah, one of the most famous prophets in entire Bible. His ongoing confrontation with Ahab begins with the pronouncement that a drought would strike Israel. Elijah's turbulent ministry, filled with challenges to the king and miraculous signs from God, begins here. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20Russian.pdf 2009-06-01T14:35:35-05:00 Russian: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-05-08T10:56:43-05:00 Hebrew: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive.