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  • Damien Spikereit avatar

    Why? Or How? Series

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Mar 2, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 4,365 views

    God can use every situation for his good.

    - On December 29th, 2000 during the middle of the afternoon 34 year (anonymous name), a father, husband, son, friend took his own life. Many of you knew him, and loved him. And even if you didn’t know him, the question is still on your mind about such an unfortunate incident... why? I remember ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Positioning For A Miracle

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 20,686 views

    This sermon deals with Elijah and the way he had to be in the right place to receive a miracle from the Lord.

    Positioning For A Miracle 10/15/2000 1 Kings 17:1-12 Luke 19:1-9 Pastor Toby and I have gone to a few volleyball games to watch some of the girls play. Just before the game starts, the girls all get into this squat like position, with their hands locked together moving from side to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Who Got Revived?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 1, 2000
    based on 190 ratings
     | 4,047 views

    Pulpit drama, imaginatively reconstructing Elijah

    Elijah: Zarephath! What a lovely town! It’s always good to come to Zarephath. A man wants to feel welcomed, and I find that here. Out there, in some of the towns and villages of Israel, I have to watch my back. King Ahab’s agents are everywhere, and who knows what they will do? In some places ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Baeta avatar

    God In Whom We Trust

    Contributed by William Baeta on Nov 14, 2000
    based on 45 ratings
     | 9,027 views

    “He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgement, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people” Hebrews 9:26-2

    Theme: God in whom we trust Text: 1 Kings 17:8-16; Heb. 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 One of our greatest concerns in life is to know whom to trust. This is simply because our whole life, especially our personal relationships, depends on it. Politicians and advertising agencies know that their success ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tim Gibson avatar

    Our Daily Bread

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 127 ratings
     | 3,426 views

    How does God’s provision come. Extracting principles from the life fo Elijah as to God’s provision.

    (1) INTRODUCTION: God promises us ’daily bread’ (Matt 6:11) which starts with the WORD of God (Matt 4:4). Many times we don’t receive God’s promised provision as we don’t keep His Word or we receive provision but not from the Word of God and miss God’s will. The Prodigal Son is an example of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    What A Mom

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 5, 2000
    based on 240 ratings
     | 14,041 views

    A look at the widow at Zarephath in light of mother’s day

    You ever been broke? I mean really broke? She was and she couldn’t believe her ears! She was at the end of her rope. Life was hard enough for a widow in that day and age, but the drought that they had been experienceing had been the straw that broke the camels back. Well she should have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Jimmy Davis avatar

    "Generosity Pays"

    Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 56 ratings
     | 14,999 views

    The generosity of the widow Zarephath to the prophet Elijah was in direct response to the initiative of God. Our generosity to others should be of the same nature.

    Sermon.987 See O.T. Characters.017 “Generosity Pays” I Kings 17:7-24 The generosity of the widow of Zarephath to the prophet Elijah was in response to the initiative of God. Generosity is a virtue we should cherish, as well as it is a personal response to the initiative of God, and a reflection ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Kelly avatar

    How God Provides In A Drought Series

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 374 ratings
     | 65,215 views

    Journey to the ’Cherith Brook’ as God gives Elijah (and us) 5 instructions for getting out of a drought!

    How God Provides in a Drought… The question I want to start out with this morning is..."What do you need more of?" "What is it this morning that you find you have a shortage of? "Maybe you don’t have a shortage of water ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Abundance

    Contributed by Bob Ashcraft on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 10,377 views

    God desires for us to live in abundance. But what does that mean? How do we manifest abundance in our life?

    Abundance 1 Kings 17  God has intended for us to live life in abundance. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  What does abundance mean? • dense • ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Terry Hensley avatar

    More Than Enough

    Contributed by Terry Hensley on Nov 16, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 4,888 views

    Little is much if God is in it.

    More Than Enough. 1.Her case and character: *She was very poor and necessitous. *She had nothing to live upon but a handful of meal and a little oil. *She had no fuel but the sticks she gathered. *She was reduced to the last extremeity. 2.She was Humble and Industrious: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Tuck avatar

    The Wisdom Of A Widow

    Contributed by Paul Tuck on Jan 12, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,946 views

    What would you do if God asked you to give the very last of your possessions to a complete stranger? This episode in the life of Elijah, shows us what real faith is all about.

    THE WISDOM OF A WIDOW I Kings 17:8-16 The sun beats down unmercifully upon the tiny town of Zarephath, a remote village well to the north of the land of Palestine. It is there that a fraw widow woman searches for sticks. Why is she searching for sticks? She is searching for sticks because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    The Widow's Cruse

    Contributed by James May on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 19,794 views

    God can take our small talents, abilities and knowledge and use them to do great things.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Anthony Smith avatar

    When God Says To Move, Move

    Contributed by Anthony Smith on Nov 29, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 15,159 views

    When its time to move, God will tell you.This sermon deals with staying in the will of God and the dangers of doing things on our own.

    When God Tells you to Move, Move 1stKings 17:1-9....And the word of the Lord came unto him saying. Arise, get the to Zarephath..... Elijah Genesis 12:1-4 Now the Lord had said unto Abram,Get the out ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • James May avatar

    Don't Eat Your Seed

    Contributed by James May on Mar 31, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 24,151 views

    The little cake that the widow of Zarephath gave to Elijah was the first fruits of her labor and the seed from which every blessing came into her life.

    DON’T EAT YOUR SEED by Pastor James May 1 Kings 17:8-24 1 Kings 17:8-9, "And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee." Zarephath means smelting-shop, "a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Steve Malone avatar

    Elijah The Early Years

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2004
    based on 75 ratings
     | 12,672 views

    Today we will be introduced to the prophet Elijah, who is one of the most colorful and dynamic characters in the O.T. (1 Kings - pt 3)

    "ELIJAH, THE EARLY YEARS" TEXT: I KINGS 17:1-24 INTRODUCTION READ TEXT Today as we continue our study in first Kings we will be introduced to the prophet Elijah, who is one of the most colorful and dynamic characters in the O.T. One writer calls him God’s lightening in the dark days of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ