God put you here, right now, in order to be a blessing for the people out there. That is your mission! But so often, we get tangled up in the how and the when of that blessing. We start worrying about the results, judging our progress, and frankly, judging God's speed. We need a perspective check on what our true job is in the Kingdom. In the Bible in a Year, we are in 1 Corinthians. The Apostle Paul gives us that check in his letter to the church at Corinth. Let's see what he has to say about how…
Read More →We’re in the final week of our series 'Elisha and the Widow’s Oil'! From Second Kings Chapter 4. It’s been an incredible journey watching God move, hasn’t it? OK so last week, we left the widow’s house overflowing. Jars everywhere, smelling like a divine Olive Garden! The miracle happened. The oil flowed until every single borrowed jar was full. Amazing! But the story isn't over. Our widow does the smartest thing: she goes back to the source of the miracle strategy, the man of God, Elisha. And that brings us to our final verse for this series, 2 Kings 4:7…
Read More →We’re in Week 3 of our series going through the story of 'Elisha and the Widow’s Oil'! From Second Kings Chapter 4. Are we ready? Last week, we saw the desperate widow obey Elisha's slightly crazy sounding instructions. "Go, borrow jars!" he said. "Empty ones—and not just a few!" Can you imagine her and her boys scrambling around the neighborhood? Knock, knock. "Hey neighbor, got any empty jars? Pots? Anything that'll hold oil?" They probably felt a little nuts, gathering this random collection of dusty, empty vessels based purely on a prophet's word. Check out what happens next, 2 Kings…
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