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ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH III

*10/05/2026* *SECOND SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Elijah 1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1 ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH III 1 Kings 17:7-24 After a time, the son of the widow became ill to the point of death (Exodus 17:17). It was the general belief then, as often today, that suffering is always a result of sin. So the widow felt that the presence of a man of God must have drawn attention to some sin she had committed (Exodus 17:18). Elijah does not seem to share this view. He took the child, stretched himself on the child three times, and prayed for the boy’s life. God responded by allowing life to return to the child (Exodus 17:19-23). This story is similar to the one in which Elisha brought the son of the Shunammite back to life (2 Kings 4:8-37) *©️2026* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ™️* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.j...
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ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH II

*06/05/2026* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Elijah 1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1 ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH II 1 Kings 17:7-24 On arriving at Zarephath, Elijah met a widow near the town gate. Just as Eliezer had asked Rebecca for a drink outside the town of Nahor (Genesis 24:17), so Elijah requested a drink from the widow, as well as something to eat (Exodus 17:10-11). The widow told him of her poverty and that she and her son were down to the last of their food. But the prophet reassured her, *Don’t be afraid* and promised that the Lord would sustain her till the end of the drought (Exodus 17:12-14). The widow did as she was told. She believed the word of God and was obedient to it (Exodus 17:15-16). Many years later, Jesus would mention her as an example of someone with faith (Luke 4:26). Her supply of oil and flour lasted to the end of the famine. *©️...
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ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH

*03/05/2026* *THANKSGIVING SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Elijah 1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1 ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH 1 Kings 17:7-24 When the drought became so severe that the brook dried up, the Lord told Elijah to move from the east of Jordan to the region of Sidon to the northwest of Israel (Exodus 17:7-9). There may have been more water in that region because it was near the sea, but the famine had spread from Israel to other lands. Grains was in short supply throughout the region. As before, Elijah was staying in a foreign country, outside Ahab’s territory. But the Lord has people who do his will in the most unexpected places. *Tithes & Offering* Genesis 14:18-20 Account name:  *The Ecumenican Church* Account number: 2280020397 Banker: *Eco Bank Nig. Ltd* *This church is not funded or sponsored by any state, private or public organization.* *We ...
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ELIJAH’S PROPHECY TO AHAB II

*29/04/2006* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Elijah 1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1 ELIJAH’S PROPHECY TO AHAB II 1 Kings 17:1-6 The closing words of Elijah’s prophecy, *Except at my word* left some hope that if the king and the people repented, the situation might change. But they did not, and Elijah had to leave and settle east of the Jordan River (1 Kings 17:2-3). By doing this he escaped death with the other prophets (1 Kings 18:4; 19:10) and had a supply of water from the Brook Kerith, which continued to flow for sometime despite drought. The Lord took charge of meeting his need for food (1 Kings 17:4-6). *©️2026* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ™️* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*
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ELIJAH’S PROPHECY TO AHAB

*26/04/2026* *ANOINTING HEALING AND COMMUNION SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Elijah 1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1 ELIJAH’S PROPHECY TO AHAB 1 Kings 17:1-6 Like most of the other prophets, Elijah simply appears, without any introduction. He must, however, have already been well known in Israel at the time he appeared to announce the judgment of God for the sins of Ahab and Israel (1 Kings 17:1). The judgment was that there would be no rain or dew for some years as a punishment for the sins mentioned in the previous verses. Elijah must not be thought of as similar to African rainmakers. Stopping or making rain was not his main work. Rather, *as a true prophet, Elijah could see or hear what the Lord was planning to do*.  James says that the rains stopped because the prophet prayed in faith (James 5:17-18). *©️2026* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ™️* WhatsApp/...
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Red Sea VIII

*22/04/2026* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Red Sea VIII Exodus 14:1-31 The Egyptian army follows the fleeing Israelites into the sea, and there God throws them into confusion (Exodus 14:23-24). He causes them to have problems with their chariot wheels, which either come off or become jammed in some way, with the result that the chariots are out of commission and can not be used either for pursuit or for flight (Exodus 14:25a). And flight becomes uppermost in the Egyptians’ minds, for in a flash of enlightenment, they realize that it is the Lord who is fighting against them (Exodus 14:25b). Pharaoh had claimed not to know the Lord (Exodus 5:2), but now all his soldiers proclaim him, using the name God had revealed to Moses, ‘Yahweh’, translated ‘the Lord’. But their recognition comes too late to save them, and all are engulfed in the returnin...
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Red Sea VII

*19/04/2026* *THIRD SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE  - God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous  True Miracles  Red Sea VII Exodus 14:1-31 God uses the east wind to drive back the water so that the Israelites can cross the sea on dry ground. Exodus 14:21-22 Ominously for the Egyptians, this is the same wind that had brought the avery of locusts at the time of the eighth plague (Exodus 10:13). At the end of the plague, God had hurled the locusts into the Red Sea so that ‘not a locust was left’ according to Exodus 10:19. The same fate awaits the Egyptian army, for not one of them will survive (Exodus 14:28). *©️2026* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ™️* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*
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