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1 Kings 17

◘  Elijah & the drought

Elijah's prophecy fulfils Deut 11:16 (worship of idols)

A direct challenge to Ahab & wife Jezebel,
- Baal = their god, a god of agriculture & weather

Elijah & the widow
1.  the jar of flour

Elijah instructed
-  'Go at once to Zarephath'

v.4  Promise of provision

v.16  " So there was food every day for ( Read more... )

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~ from whom can we learn (or not learn)?
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Hebrews 12:
such a great cloud / a huge crowd of witnesses (NIV / NLT)
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follows on from Heb. 11: "Faith in Action"
the "Hall of Fame" ~  " By faith... "
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- What is faith, as we understand it, in a defined sense?
- Where does / Does faith coalesce with trust?

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The way of the Lamb is our way.

Humility: “the state of being humble.”
Mid. Eng., from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis "low", humble,
from humus earth; akin to Grk chthōn earth, chamai 'on the ground'

He  made himself :

Who, being in very nature God ( Read more... )

Philippians 1 & 2

Philippians 3:

relationship over ritual

Context - the challenges ('those dogs'):
Gnoticism: a separation of spirit & matter; sin could be dealt with through improved knowledge. Combatted by reference to the centrality of Christ in Creation & in God's redemptive plan.
Judaisers: Orthodox Jews professing themselves to be ( Read more... )

Vez, this is for you ...
Read, study & abide again. x

My Child...

You may not know me, but I know everything about you.
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
I am familiar with all your ways.

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
For you were made in my image.
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