Ephesians 5:31 “FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.” Endless movies and songs are written about this. Teenagers are smitten by it. […]
I Kings 18:2 ‘So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”’ This […]
Ephesians 5:30 “because we are parts of His body.” Most people have felt left out from time to time. The common story was not being chosen until the end of a recess game in elementary school. Being chosen of God […]
I Kings 18:44 ‘On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.”’ God told Elijah to tell Ahab there was to be a drought and there was for […]
Ephesians 5:28, 29 “So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ […]
I Kings 18:29 “Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.” This is a picture of religious devotion outside of Christ. Much […]
Ephesians 5:27 “that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.” This is following the command for husbands to love […]
I Kings 18:28 “So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.” Many aren’t believers as they are afraid of what God would ask of them. They fear […]
Ephesians 5:26 “so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word”. The previous verse says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her”. […]
I Kings 18:17 ‘When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is this you, the cause of disaster to Israel?”‘ Ahab blames Elijah for Israel’s troubles. In the next verse Elijah turns it around and says, “I have not brought disaster to Israel, but you and your father’shouse have, because you […]