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1 Kings 17:8-16
Give to the Lord, no matter what?
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to ||Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah
The Lord told Elijah the prophet to go to this woman and she will keep you feed during this time of drought and poverty. Elijah came to the woman and asked for a drink. She gave him a drink. She had no problem giving him water. But when it came down to asking for something to eat. That is when things difficult for the woman. she did not want to give up her last morsel of food. She had plans for that piece of food. She already had in her mind what she was going to do with that food. It was a morsel, the last drop of food in the house. But Elijah asked her to put her faith in the Lord and he will provide.
When you say that you trust the Lord with everything that means EVERYTHING. When you say that you give God Everything that Means EVERYTHING. from the day you make a thousand dollars a week to the time you only have two pennies to rub together you give everything to God and you put your trust and faith in God and watch him provide for you.
Give to the Lord, no matter what?
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to ||Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah
The Lord told Elijah the prophet to go to this woman and she will keep you feed during this time of drought and poverty. Elijah came to the woman and asked for a drink. She gave him a drink. She had no problem giving him water. But when it came down to asking for something to eat. That is when things difficult for the woman. she did not want to give up her last morsel of food. She had plans for that piece of food. She already had in her mind what she was going to do with that food. It was a morsel, the last drop of food in the house. But Elijah asked her to put her faith in the Lord and he will provide.
When you say that you trust the Lord with everything that means EVERYTHING. When you say that you give God Everything that Means EVERYTHING. from the day you make a thousand dollars a week to the time you only have two pennies to rub together you give everything to God and you put your trust and faith in God and watch him provide for you.
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