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THE PROPHET AND DEPRESSION ... Elijah was sitting under a juniper tree and asked death I Kgs 19:4 . It is difficult to understand how someone so intimate relationship with God , full of the Holy Spirit , reaches such a situation. Elijah was not the first and will not be the only one. For each day , we enjoy Divine mercy and faithfulness , but when trials come to us , human fallibility , tend to forget the infallibility of God . Elijah was discouraged , distressed and full of doubts : Threatened with death , flees from the terrible and Jezebel takes refuge in the desert , under a juniper tree , asking morte.Ele rather be killed by God , to be delivered to an impious . Elijah had witnessed the death of many prophets , did not expect , however, that their turn would come . After all, he was a friend of God , with many promises to be performed . Has this happened to you? Firmly believed in the Divine promises and suddenly saw everything conspiring against ? God had forgotten to Elijah ? Would God forgot about me and you ? Those who seek Him and trust in His providence ? Ive been like Elijah. It was when I wrote the article: In the beginning was the end or Do not fear , worm Jacob . Ive been in a time of great distress , I saw a precious portion of my life fall apart . It looked like the end. I did not actually ask for the death , but it was as if dead. I took refuge in Juniper The Word of God . The messages, which minister, pass first for me . God speaks to me , encourage me , comfort me , and I feel compelled to do the same . Because I know that other lives will be built . Under the Juniper , get water and bread . Brace myself to proceed , confident that God is comigo.Hoje , to reread the article I wrote two years ago, I see how God has been faithful . Converted the bad start . It has everything new and better! The Lord is wonderful ! Great in power and mercy ! Elijah walked alone for a day , into the desert without food or water, in silence , talked with God , because even had the strength to speak . When you find the shadow , watched the aridity of the soil , the sky , no clouds , and raising his voice , he prayed to God . There was prayer that God wanted to hear . But that God knew was possible and predictable to any man limited and oprimido.Satanás , attacks us in our moments of weakness . Thus , with Jesus in the desert . Jesus was hungry , the enemy offered him bread. He presents himself as the quickest and easiest solution . So it was with Elijah : Ask for death , you do not deserve to live that way, the voice , hammered the head of the prophet . So, how hammered in Moses, and Joe Jonas . Exactly where were they in great grip, they also called for the murder . When we feel defeated, the enemy have victory . When you re hiking into the wilderness , remember , escape to the juniper : And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then the angel touched him, and said , Arise eats I Kings 19 : 5 . Elijah was so discouraged that ate drank , but slept again. This can happen to us . Elias received the Rhema of God . God , speaking specifically to Him A word alive , so alive , that moved Heaven . An angel , visible , encouraging him . Elijah has to sleep . And the second time he heard : Arise and eat , you will be very long way I Kgs 19:7 . The road was really long , the prophet walked for forty days in the wilderness , strengthened by Deus.Talvez , Elijah wished, eat and sleep forever , but it is impossible to remain inert when God speaks to us letting us know who is with us . When God speaks , everything changes . When He says , Fear not , for I am with thee Isaiah 43:5 , impossible not to get up . The prophet continued , however, after the forty days , made to feel weak . Took refuge in a cave , and God again, said , breeze through a still small voice . Elias was obdurate . But God did not give Elijah. He never gives up on us . So , get out of the cave . Do not be intimidated by the threats of the enemy . Eat and drink in the Juniper and not give up . Lord , they have killed all the prophets , and I alone am left and they seek my life to kill me I Kings 19:14 . Elijah was sure that was the one in that situation . God patiently sends him back , tells him to anoint Elisha as a prophet to replace him eventually revealed to Elijah that there were seven thousand men ( prophets ) , in the same situation as him, threatened with death , fleeing from Jezebel . We are not the only ones going through tribulations , there are thousands of lives in the same situation or worse than nossa.A story of Elijah , had a happy ending . He won in life , to be translated to heaven . His enemies had a tragic end . Elijah , with all its faults , was pleasing to God . Us , is no different . God loves us . More than our finite minds can achieve. He does not want to give up , but take refuge in Him. In Juniper , where food and water , strengthen us towards victory. That the lessons of Elijah man subject to the same passions as we are Jas 5:17, deeply, speak to our hearts , amen . Google Tradutor para empresas:Google Toolkit de tradução para appsTradutor de sitesGlobal Market Finder Desativar tradução instantâneaSobre o Google TradutorCelularPrivacidadeAju
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:41:36 +0000

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