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highlighted Psalms 35:5 KJV

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Jan 25

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highlighted Psalms 35:1 KJV

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Jan 25

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:43 NLT

Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.” The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn’t see anything.” Seven times Elijah told him to go and look.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:46 NLT

Then the LORD gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel.

Jan 24

Finally the seventh time, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man’s hand rising from the sea.” Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry to Ahab and tell him, ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don’t hurry, the rain will stop you!’”

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:42 NLT

So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:41 NLT

Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:40 NLT

Then Elijah commanded, “Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don’t let a single one escape!” So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:37 NLT

O LORD, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:36 NLT

At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:35 NLT

and the water ran around the altar and even filled the trench.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:32 NLT

and he used the stones to rebuild the altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold about three gallons.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:30 NLT

Then Elijah called to the people, “Come over here!” They all crowded around him as he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:28 NLT

So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:27 NLT

About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:25 NLT

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You go first, for there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls, and prepare it and call on the name of your god. But do not set fire to the wood.”

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:24 NLT

Then call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!” And all the people agreed.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 18:21 NLT

Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 19:21 NLT

So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. He passed around the meat to the townspeople, and they all ate. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant.

Jan 24

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highlighted 1 Kings 19:19-20 NLT

So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away. Elisha left the oxen standing there, ran after Elijah, and said to him, “First let me go and kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you!” Elijah replied, “Go on back, but think about what I have done to you.”

Jan 24

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