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J-Team 1: Jehovah Jireh · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Deep in the heart of Israel, God desires to be known by his
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  chosen people, revealing himself to Moses as Yahweh the Great.
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  I am a name too holy to utter. The Israelites call him Jehovah.
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  Throughout the Old Testament, Jehovah responds to the faith of
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  his people and shows himself strong on their behalf.
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  In remembrance of Jehovah's power and love, the people give
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  him additional names describing his ability and willingness to
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  help in their lives. Each name describes the nature
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  of the one true God, Each is Jehovah.
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  Together they are the J team. In the village of Zarephath,
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  near the city of Saidon, there lived a widow woman and her son
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  who were so poor that they were about to starve to death.
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  One day Jehovah Jireh, the Lord, our provider, gave the widow a
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  promise, and when she believed it and followed Jireh's
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  instructions, her life and the life of her son were saved.
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  Oh God, I have nothing left to feed my son.
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  We have enough food for one more meal and then we will die from
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  starvation. Help me God.
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  I have heard your cry, my dear woman.
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  Do not put your trust in food, but trust in me.
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  I will send my servant Elijah the prophet to you.
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  I will use you to feed him, and as you give to him, it will be
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  given back to you, pressed down and shaken together to make room
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  for more. Do as I have said so that you
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  and your son will have plenty. But Lord, how can I?
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  My jar of flour is still empty. My jug of oil is empty as well,
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  Lord. The Lord told Elijah to camp
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  beside Karith Brook, which was a stream of water east of the
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  Jordan. It was there that Ravens, large
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  black birds, brought Elijah bread and meat each morning and
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  evening, and he drank from the stream.
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  But after a while the stream dried up, for there was no
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  rainfall anywhere in the land. Lord, this famine has become
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  more severe. There's no more water in the
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  stream, it's all dried up. Go to Zarephath and stay there.
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  I have commanded a widow woman there to provide for you.
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  Thank you, Lord Zarephath. Where in the world is Zarephath?
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  When is the servant of God going to get here?
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  I don't know how much longer I can wait.
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  Why would God send someone for you to feed?
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  You don't even have enough food for yourself or your son.
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  Perhaps you just imagined that God spoke to you.
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  Yeah, that's it. You were hearing things.
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  Your mind was playing tricks on you, probably due to a lack of
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  food. Go ahead, prepare your last meal
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  and die. I can't let my son see me like
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  this. I have to be strong.
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  For him. Please, dear woman, would you
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  give me a drink of water? It's been a long journey.
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  Yes, Sir, I will get you a drink.
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  Uh oh, I know that guy. That's Elijah the prophet.
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  He challenged our false prophets to attest, and boy did they
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  fail. And then he called fire down
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  from heaven, and God burned up his bull just like he said God
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  would. And please bring me a small
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  piece of bread too. Oh, she was right, God did speak
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  to her. Oh, think, think.
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  What to do, what to do? God is my witness.
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  I do not have any bread. What do you need God for?
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  I'll be the witness to that. She's getting ready to fix her
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  last meal before she and her son die.
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  So scram, Sam, beat it. You're too late.
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  I only have a head full of flour and a little cooking oil.
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  I'm gathering some sinks and to make a fire so I can cook our
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  last meal. But after we eat it, my son and
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  I will die. Well, I am good, or should I say
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  bad? I wasn't sure if I was getting
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  through to her, but I couldn't have said that better myself.
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  Dear woman, do not be afraid. Afraid is good.
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  OK, it's bad, but you know what I mean.
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  Go and do as you have said, but make a little bread for me
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  first, then use what is left to make some for yourself and your
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  son. This is the promise of God.
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  There will always be flour and olive oil left in your
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  containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the
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  crops grow again. You are Elijah the Prophet.
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  Yes. Wait here until I return.
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  The widow woman did as Elijah instructed.
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  But have you ever wondered what thoughts could have weighed on
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  Elijah's mind? OK, Elijah, you just wait until
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  Slime TV hears about this. How dare you take a widow's last
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  meal? That's the wrong approach.
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  If Jehovah Jireh has anything to do with this, which I'm sure he
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  does, he's teaching her to give, think.
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  Think. What to do, what to do.
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  I've got it. What makes you think she'll come
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  back, Elijah? She'll bake that bread and her
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  son will start crying for it. She won't say no to her own son.
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  Forget it. You're going to starve to death
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  right here. Your God won't even provide for
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  you. As the demon taunted Elijah,
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  Jehovah Jireh appeared with flour and oil for the widow
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  woman. That laugh, it sounds familiar.
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  Hey you. You can't be talking to me.
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  I'm talking to you, you dirty little devil.
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  My name is Damon. Besides, he can't see me.
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  Wait a minute. I know you.
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  You're from the J team. They call me Jira Jehovah Jira.
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  What are you doing here? I take pleasure in the
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  prosperity of my servants. You wouldn't try to deprive me
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  of my pleasure now, would you? Oh no, Sir, I didn't know Elijah
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  was your servant and I thought he was some bum trying to take
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  advantage of a poor widowed woman.
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  I'll just be on my way. Now I have a delivery to make.
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  I made a little bread, as you said, Elijah.
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  Then I looked in the bin and there was more flour and more
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  oil in the jar. Praise Jehovah, it is a miracle.
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  Oh, how thoughtless of me. Here is your bread and water.
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  I pray that it pleases you. Tomorrow I will make you a
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  bigger one. Come with me.
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  I have a room for you to rest in.
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  So the widow did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her
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  family continued to eat for many days.
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  There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the
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  containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.
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  If you ever find yourself in need like Elijah and this widow
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  woman, know that there is a God who promises to supply all of
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  our needs as we seek first the Kingdom of God.
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  He is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord God Almighty, our provider.
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  He is the J team.