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Ask a QuestionElijah said, "As surely as God-of-the-Angel-Armies lives, and before whom I take my stand, I'll meet with your master face-to-face this very day."
She then called her husband, "Get me a servant and a donkey so I can go to the Holy Man; I'll be back as soon as I can."
The family of Gad were their neighbors in Bashan, as far as Salecah: Joel was the chief, Shapham the second-in-command, and then Janai, the judge in Bashan.
The family of Gad lived in Gilead and Bashan, including the outlying villages and extending as far as the pastures of Sharon.
Even dunces who keep quiet are thought to be wise; as long as they keep their mouths shut, they're smart.
You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.
Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
They did it. The priests carrying God's Chest of the Covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan. As soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched dry land, the Jordan's waters resumed their flow within the banks, just as before.
And she went right off and did it, did just as Elijah asked. And it turned out as he said - daily food for her and her family. The jar of meal didn't run out and the bottle of oil didn't become empty: God's promise fulfilled to the letter, exactly as Elijah had delivered it!
Elijah told him, "God's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive - already you're as good as dead."
A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with orchestra: God, I've heard what our ancestors say about you, and I'm stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. Work among us as you worked among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must, remember mercy.
"Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work. I'm making you as impregnable as a castle, Immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall. You're a one-man defense system against this culture, Against Judah's kings and princes, against the priests and local leaders. They'll fight you, but they won't even scratch you. I'll back you up every inch of the way." God's Decree.
He looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion. He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out - it was as good as new! The Pharisees got out as fast as they could, sputtering about how they would join forces with Herod's followers and ruin him.
An extravaganza before God as he comes, As he comes to set everything right on earth, Set everything right, treat everyone fair.
Get as rich as you want through cheating and extortion, But eventually some friend of the poor is going to give it all back to them.
But they had made up their minds, "Why do we need any more evidence? We've all heard him as good as say it himself."
He said, "Put your hand back under your shirt." He did it, then took it back out - as healthy as before.
"Don't seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. "Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.
God will form you as a people holy to him, just as he promised you, if you keep the commandments of God, your God, and live the way he has shown you.
Only then did Manoah realize that this was God's angel. He said to his wife, "We're as good as dead! We've looked on God!"