Gen 18:13 And the LORD said unto
Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying, Shall I of a surety bear a
child, which am old?
Gen 18:14 Is any thing too hard for
the LORD? At the time appointed I
will return unto thee, according to the
time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son.
1)God Used A Prisoner
2)God Used A Prince Of Egypt
3)God Used A Peasant
4)God Used A Persian King
5)God Used A Persecutor
6)God Used A Prophet
7)God Used A People
The Brook
The Widows House
The Juniper Tree
The Cave
The Brook(Provision)
1Ki 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,
said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of
Israel liveth, before whom I stand,
there shall not be dew nor rain these
years, but according to my word.
1Ki 17:2 And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying,
1Ki 17:3 Get thee hence, and turn
thee eastward, and hide thyself by
the brook Cherith, that is before
Jordan.
1Ki 17:4 And it shall be, that thou
shalt drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee
there.
Jas 5:17 Elias was a man subject to
like passions as we are, and he
prayed earnestly that it might not
rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six
months.
Jas 5:18 And he prayed again, and
the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
1Ki 17:7 And it came to pass
after a while, that the brook
dried up, because there had
been no rain in the land.
The Widows House(Providence)
1Ki 17:12 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.
The Juniper Tree(Prosperity)
1Ki 19:4 But he himself went a day's
journey into the wilderness, and came
and sat down under a juniper tree: and
he requested for himself that he might
die; and said, It is enough; now, O
LORD, take away my life; for I am not
better than my fathers.
1Ki 19:5 And as he lay and
slept under a juniper tree,
behold, then an angel touched
him, and said unto him, Arise
and eat.
Jas 5:10 Take, my brethren, the
prophets, who have spoken in the name
of the Lord, for an example of suffering
affliction, and of patience.
Jas 5:11 Behold, we count them happy
which endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end
of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
1Co 14:37 If any man think himself to be a
prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge
that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord.
1Co 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let
him be ignorant.
Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a
few things against thee, because thou
sufferest that woman Jezebel, which
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach
and to seduce my servants to commit
fornication, and to eat things
sacrificed unto idols.
The Cave(Perseverance)
1Ki 19:9 And he came thither unto a
cave, and lodged there; and, behold,
the word of the LORD came to him,
and he said unto him, What doest
thou here, Elijah?
1Ki 19:18 Yet I have left me
seven thousand in Israel, all the
knees which have not bowed
unto Baal, and every mouth
which hath not kissed him.