Elijah was in a cave and was very depressed.

Elijah... was in a cave 😨
He was extremely depressed, frightened, and running for his life 🏃‍♂️.
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Elijah is the man who brought down fire from heaven.

And he is the man who raised the dead.

As a prophet of the Lord, he performed truly great miracles.
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But he heard Jezebel's words.

"I will kill you."

🥶💧
He heard those words.

And those words entered his spirit, his soul.
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And... Elijah ran away. And he hid in a cave.
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Reading the beginning of chapter nineteen, he says, "That's enough. I can't do it anymore... I want to die."
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He was driven to the point of suicidal thoughts 😭
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Everyone may have experienced something that made them want to die, once or twice.

…Elijah…hiding in a cave…in the desperate darkness,
the Lord appeared to Elijah…and spoke through a faint, thin voice.
“Elijah, what are you doing here?”
…“Ah! 😳”
I think he snapped back to reality!
…God's voice…gives us hope to live✨.
No matter how bad the circumstances, if you listen carefully, trying to hear God's voice…
…the Lord will answer you…with words that give life.
…What is the Lord telling you this morning? 🤔
…Shalom 😃

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.