Sunday, 20 July 2014

alone

















i will not leave you



«Prayer is the beginning and the end. Reading the Bible is not like reading a novel or a history book. It should begin with a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds to the Word of God. Scripture reading should end with a prayer that this Word will bear fruit in our lives, helping us to become holier and more faithful people.»
 http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/index.cfm

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«Know what the Bible is – and what it isn't. The Bible is the story of God's relationship with the people he has called to himself. It is not intended to be read as history text, a science book, or a political manifesto. In the Bible, God teaches us the truths that we need for the sake of our salvation.»

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«What is God saying to me? The Bible is not addressed only to long-dead people in a faraway land. It is addressed to each of us in our own unique situations. (...) In light of this understanding, we then ask: What is God saying to me?»

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But then the brook dried up because of so little rain, 
and Elijah received the message from the Lord: 
"Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. 
I have commanded a widow in the place to supply you with food" 
(1 Kings 17:9).
So Elijah went, and met the widow 
gathering sticks to make the last meal for her son and herself.
But when he called her and requested her to get himself some jar in a water and bread, 
she objected, (1 Kings 17:12) 
"As surely as the Lord your God lives, 
I don't have any bread - only a handful of flour in a jar and a little 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."
Then Elijah said to the widow, 
"Don't be afraid. 
Go home and do as you have said. 
But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have 
and bring it to me, 
and then make something for yourself and your son. 
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: 
'The jar of flour will not be used up nd the jug of oil will not run dry 
until the day the Lord gives rain on the land.'" 
So the widow did as Elijah told her to do, 
and there was enough food in the widow's house for everybody.





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