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You get it. A guy gets railroaded all the way underground. Buried. Power gets wielded for personal gain. You get it. Too well. This is that story. It's really your story. It's the story of the little guy who gets hurt. How do we deal with injustice? How do we get past it? This is a sermon to minister to that. Listen in!
We all have some moments in our lives when we experience deep brokenness. We all have them - moments of debilitating depression and anxiety, moments when our darkness pushes us even to the point of having a death wish in our hearts. This is a Scripture describing and ministering to the whole human who the Lord loves and lives to heal when we're in just that state.
This is a Peace Academy recording of a teaching on 1 Kings 18.
This story on its face looks merely like good viewing. In other words, it looks like awesome ancient pay-per-view. The narrator, however, shows you that it can't be because it's actually no contest. In many ways, it looks like the contest is over in your life before it even starts. Baal has already basically won. That is, until, the great prophet of God steps in to give you the only God who will give everything for you to give you the everything you really need. Listen in!
Life is perplexing. It has been ever since we broke this place. And that means we get perplexed. There is a very natural and seductive way that we deal with our perplexities that this Scripture powerfully addresses. Even more powerful, however, is the way the Lord teaches us to properly deal with our perplexities. Listen in!