You Are Not Alone

Encouragement for Friday, 7/17/26

In these last days, courage is a rare commodity – one that God expects, requires, and calls His people to demonstrate.

At times, standing for the truth may make us feel as though we are standing alone. Elijah felt exactly that way. Yet the Lord gently corrected him, reminding him that He had preserved a faithful remnant of 7,000 in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal (1 Kings 19:18). The same God who preserved a remnant then is preserving one today.

God has never needed the majority to accomplish His purposes. He has always worked through a faithful remnant. Our calling is not to be popular, but to be faithful – to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), contend earnestly for the faith (Jude 3), and leave the results to Him.

Amir Tsarfati

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

¹⁴ He (Elijah) replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”

¹⁵ The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. ¹⁶ Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. ¹⁷ Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. ¹⁸ Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” 1 Kings 19:13-18 NIV Read full chapter

In His Love, Cindy

“God treated Jesus as if He had lived my life, that I may be treated as if I had lived His life.” Harvey Stalker

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“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6 NASB

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