Tragedy
August 1, 2021 / Valley Ranch Baptist ChurchELIJAH: COURAGE UNDER FIRE
Tragedy
1 Kings 17:7-24
The Stretch Zone
1. When God Stretches Us Beyond Our
1 Kings 17:8-9 (NIV) — Then the word of the LORD came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
2. When God Stretches Us Beyond Our
1 Kings 17:10 (NIV) — So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
3. When God Stretches Us Beyond Our
1 Kings 17:17 (NIV) — Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
1 Kings 17:21 (NIV) — Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”