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Feeding Elijah and Elisha

Elijah (my God is Jehovah) and Elisha (my God is salvation) were, in some ways, very different. Consider: (1) There is no evidence that Elijah came from a wealthy background. Elisha seems to have been. He plowed with twelve yokes … Continue reading

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Multiplying Bread

“Then a man cam from Baal Shalisha, and brought the Man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, ‘Give it to the people, that they may … Continue reading

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Death in the Pot

“And Elisha returned to Gilgal… and he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.’ So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, … Continue reading

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Wisdom for Worry/ Answers for Anxiety

The word “anxiety” word is from a Latin word meaning “to strangle.” The word “worry” is from an old English word meaning “to strangle.” Adam Clark indicates that the Biblical word, merimnao, can be used of “dividing or distracting the … Continue reading

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