Elisha’s ‘thank you gift’ encounters trouble. The child the Shunammite woman received dies. She clings to faith and her child is restored. Another title for our story could be Twice Broken, Twice Restored. We met this woman the last time we were together. She KNEW Elisha was a holy man of God and she did […]
Elisha is always on the move traveling a circuitous route. A devoted woman gives him a gift to make life easier and he returns the favor with an even greater gift. When I was reading this story a verse popped into my head; “As you did it unto one of the least of these my […]
Elisha helps out a widow who is about to lose her sons to pay her debts. The Lord provides abundant oil to her through him. This story holds some similarities to one of the stories of Elijah. The story I’m thinking of is the widow he went to stay with during the drought. God provided […]
There is still peace between Israel and Judah. They join forces and go to war against Moab who was in revolt against Israel. Jehoshaphat was the author of this peace accord/alliance between the two. It apparently didn’t end with Ahab. Edom was in disarray at the time of Ahab’s death but they will join Israel […]
Elijah just left in a fiery chariot and deposited a double portion of his anointing on Elisha. Now it is time for him to start walking in that anointing and office. Elisha is alone when he comes back across the Jordan and he does it on dry ground. The prophets of Jericho who had come […]
