RE: [FamilyofGod] Re: Seeing Him Who is Unseen
Nice to seeyou post!
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Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:56:44 am
To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
From: "seasidecottage" <seasidecottage@yahoo.com>
Subject: [FamilyofGod] Re: Seeing Him Who is Unseen
Thank you, Michael.
--- In FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com, "Michael J. Knight" <michaelnight82@...> wrote:
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> Seeing Him Who is Unseen
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> The Lord asked Elijah, "What are you doing here?"
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> And he said, "I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of
> hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, torn down
> Thine altars and killed Thy prophets with the sword. And I alone am
> left; and they seek my life, to take it away." 1 Kings 19:10.
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> It can be a crushing experience to give your very best and still fall
> short. Elijah had been discouraged with God's people. Thinking he
> had failed, he fled Jezebel and begged God to take his life.
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> The Scripture tells us that "hope deferred makes the heart sick"
> (Prov. 13:12). Elijah desperately wanted to see the nation awakened in
> repentance, but he did not understand the role God would have him play.
> Perhaps Elijah's main mistake was that he was personally shouldering
> the burden of Israel's revival.
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