And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
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… he had had enough, all at once an angel touched him and said, Get up and eat. He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals and a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again. I imagine the celestial confusion of the angels speaking to their host, the one in charge, when he hands them the bread to take to Elijah. And the angel says, no, no, no, no. He said dead, not bread. The Lord said, this time I'm not going to give him what he asked for. I'm going to give him what he needs. I'm not going to kill him. He said, Take my life. Hey, come here, angels. You get your apron on, and you get into the door-dash chariot of heaven and take him some bread. Yeah, but he said, Take my life. Yeah, but we're going to make him lunch. Have you ever had God when you said, I give up, but God said, get up? Get up. I hear the word of the Lord today for someone who has been praying an I give up prayer. The good news is that even as you have been praying this I give up prayer, you have been praying to… I'm going to say it like this. You serve a get-up God. …
I don't know about you, but there are many times where I have a difficult time identifying with the person of Elijah in chapter 18. Such incredible faith and confidence in God. But I have no problem identifying with the person of Elijah in chapter 19. God does tremendous things. And how does Elijah immediately respond? He responds by shrinking back. He hears one word from Jezebel, and he's ready to give up. Verse 4, he asks that he might die, saying, It's enough now, O Lord, take away my life. I'm no better than my father's. This is a realistic picture of the Christian life, is it not? One day full of faith, full of power, the next day ready to lay down under a tree and give up. And this is where we need to know that the supper exists for you and me in our weak states. It's there for real Christians who struggle, who doubt, who have weak faith. It's meant to nourish and strengthen us wherever we are in our faith. …
Our musicians, our singers tonight who blessed us, amen, and taking us to new dimensions. I hope your spirit is ready for the word of God tonight as we go back to 1 Kings chapter 19, verses 1 through 18. Give me a break, and I'm excited to be here tonight. Every opportunity to share with Dr. Haynes is a privilege. He's in the house tonight as we study this awesome and amazing word that was preached with such power and such conviction on Sunday. And I want to kind of start out with just a few pieces from the cutting room floor, an important message, an important word from I won't call it a text of terror. I'll say a text that maybe is misunderstood in some respects, in some regard. so anything from the cutting room floor from Sunday before we get into the word of God tonight and thank you very much I have a lot I'd like to hear more about your depiction of it sure in terms of a text that's often misunderstood a misunderstood text right so we have Elijah who, let's read it. …