Post by Woody Williams on Mar 10, 2008 6:57:04 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- I Kings 17:17-24
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After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became
ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
She then said to Elijah, ‘What have you against me, O man of God? You
have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the
death of my son!’ But he said to her, ‘Give me your son.’ He took him
from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was
lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, ‘O
LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom
I am staying, by killing her son?’ Then he stretched himself upon the
child three times, and cried out to the LORD, ‘O LORD my God, let
this child’s life come into him again.’ The LORD listened to the
voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he
revived. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper
chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said,
‘See, your son is alive.’ So the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know
that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your
mouth is truth.’
Devotional
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Throughout the Scriptures there are several references to the raising
of the dead. In each case it was a testimony to God's love and power.
Elijah was cared for by a woman during a great drought. God supplied
never-ending grain and oil for them. But her son died and Elijah
prayed for him to God and God answered by bringing him back to life.
This resurrection was a sign that God is always near.
Prayer
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Help me look to you, O Lord, in all my needs. Amen
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After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became
ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
She then said to Elijah, ‘What have you against me, O man of God? You
have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the
death of my son!’ But he said to her, ‘Give me your son.’ He took him
from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was
lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, ‘O
LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom
I am staying, by killing her son?’ Then he stretched himself upon the
child three times, and cried out to the LORD, ‘O LORD my God, let
this child’s life come into him again.’ The LORD listened to the
voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he
revived. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper
chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said,
‘See, your son is alive.’ So the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know
that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your
mouth is truth.’
Devotional
----------
Throughout the Scriptures there are several references to the raising
of the dead. In each case it was a testimony to God's love and power.
Elijah was cared for by a woman during a great drought. God supplied
never-ending grain and oil for them. But her son died and Elijah
prayed for him to God and God answered by bringing him back to life.
This resurrection was a sign that God is always near.
Prayer
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Help me look to you, O Lord, in all my needs. Amen