We might be surprised that God asks Elijah the same question twice ('What are you doing here, Elijah?' 1 Kings 19:9,13) and gets the same rather self-pitying answer twice. God's presence does not always instantaneously change our situations. Often, our perspective is...

This morning in our series exploring the questions God asks us, we looked at the question God asked Elijah twice ('What are you doing here, Elijah?' 1 Kings 19:9, 13). This chapter sees Elijah at possibly his lowest ebb, despite the great spiritual victories he has...

In our Bible study tonight, we began to look at the book of Joel, another one of the minor prophets. In the first chapter of this book we see that Israel was facing devastation and loss because of an invasion of locusts. The situation was hopeless; every crop had been...