Elijah, and the Secret of His Power
Overview
F. B. Meyer reveals how Elijah’s power lay not in himself but in reliance on the Holy Spirit. Each chapter in this biography is based on a biblical passage covering a significant event in the life of the prophet. Meyer explains how ordinary Christians can tap into the spiritual power that characterized Elijah’s ministry.
Top Highlights
“Do not do in order to be saved; but being saved, do!” (Page 142)
“Every saintly soul that would wield great power with men must win it in some hidden Cherith” (Page 25)
“They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented;’ so much so, that the pious Obadiah had the greatest difficulty in saving a few of them, by hiding them in the limestone caves of Carmel, and feeding them at the risk of his own life.” (Page 12)
“There is nothing the Church of to-day needs so much as Spiritual Power; and there is nothing which we can have so easily, if only we are prepared to pay the price.” (Page 5)
“You must go to Cherith and Zarephath before you can stand on Carmel” (Page 22)
- Title: Elijah, and the Secret of His Power
- Author: Frederick Brotherton Meyer
- Series: Old Testament Heroes
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
- Print Publication Date: n.d.
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Elijah (Biblical prophet)
- Resource ID: LLS:LJHSCRTHSPWR
- Resource Type: text.monograph.biography
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:23:37Z