In our frenetic world, many of us struggle to find time to do all that must be done in a pace that doesn’t break us. Rest is sometimes a word with which we have a love/hate relationship. The prophet Elijah was a godly person who struggled at a particular season of his life with these …
Saturday Prayer 28
And after the fire came a gentle whisper. (1 Kings 19:2) Lord, let me hear Your whisper today. With all the din of sounds and voices, Let me hear Your whisper today. [This is part of a series of prayer posts in 2012 that began here.]
Let God Whisper (Elijah)
Elijah is another prophet, like Samuel, who towers over the Old Testament. He comes to represent the best of the prophetic calling. In the Gospels, we encounter Elijah with Moses at Jesus’ transfiguration: “there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus” (Matthew 17:3). We remember Elijah best for his faith-filled challenge with the …
Listening for God
This past weekend, Kelly and I were speaking at Eastrook’s Young Singles retreat. The messages for the weekend were themed around listening to God and how we respond to what we hear by how we live. I started off the retreat on Friday night by talking about three individuals in the Bible who give us …
When You Feel Like Giving Up
This past Sunday, August 1, at Brooklife Church, I concluded our "Beyond Ordinary" series on the life of Elijah. We were looking at 1 Kings 19, where Elijah feels like giving up. Looking at the fear and exhaustion that Elijah was experiencing in this chapter, I sketched out five things we can learn from Elijah …
Matthew Erickson 