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1 Kings 17:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Some time later the woman’s son became sick. He became worse and worse until he stopped breathing.

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My friends, don’t be surprised at the painful things that you are now suffering, which are testing your faith. Don’t think that something strange is happening to you.

These troubles test your faith and prove that it is pure. And such faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. When your faith is proven to be pure, the result will be praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ comes.

A person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead. It is the same with faith—faith that does nothing is dead!

Great blessings belong to those who are tempted and remain faithful! After they have proved their faith, God will give them the reward of eternal life. God promised this to all people who love him.

So then Jesus said plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

I will fill David’s family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son.

No, you did not become humble. Instead, you have turned against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from his Temple to be brought to you. Then you and your royal officials, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from those cups. You gave praise to the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. They are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. But you did not give honor to the God who has the power over your life and everything you do.

When you turn away from them, they become frightened. When you take away their breath, they die, and their bodies return to the dust.

If God decided to take away his spirit and the breath of life he gave us,

Every animal that lives and everyone who breathes— they are all under God’s power.

The jar of flour and the jug of oil were never empty. This happened just as the Lord said through Elijah.

Then the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. Can you help me? Or did you come here only to remind me of my sins and to make my son die?”




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