Sermon - 8-13-23

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Prayer of the day : "O God our defender, storms rage around and within us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us in the faith of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen." Sermon I Kings 19: 9-18, Psalm 85:8-13, Romans 10:5-15, Matthew 14:22-33 Now the Silence [God] said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind, an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” This reading from I Kings is paired with the Matthew story of Jesus going up on a mountain by himself to pray. Elijah had been sentenced to death by Queen Jezebel, held responsible for the death of the 450 prophets of the god Baal. He was running for his life, surel

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