• God feeds the widow

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    1 Kings 17:7-24 New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

    Elijah and the widow at Zarephath

    7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in
    the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 ‘Go at once to
    Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have instructed a
    widow there to supply you with food.’ 10 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?’ 11 As she was going to get it, he called, ‘And bring me,
    please, a piece of bread.’

    12 ‘As surely as the Lord your God lives,’ she replied, ‘I don’t have
    any bread – only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a
    jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself
    and my son, that we may eat it – and die.’

    13 Elijah said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have
    said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and
    bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14
    For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “The jar of flour
    will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day
    the Lord sends rain on the land.”’

    15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every
    day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour
    was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the
    word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

    17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill.
    He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to
    Elijah, ‘What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind
    me of my sin and kill my son?’

    19 ‘Give me your son,’ Elijah replied. He took him from her arms,
    carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his
    bed. 20 Then he cried out to the Lord, ‘Lord my God, have you brought
    tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to
    die?’ 21 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!’

    22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and
    he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the
    room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, ‘Look, your son
    is alive!’

    24 Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God
    and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.’


    It is not possible to out-give God. God wants to bless us and provide
    for our needs. However, he requires trust and obedience in return. Give
    to God your tithes and offerings, but only what you have deliberately
    and knowingly decided to give. God loves the cheerful giver, so be
    conscious about what you do.

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