prophets of Baal; he challenged them to a sacrifice showdown. He didn’t tell the widow of Zarephath to pray; he told her to bake a loaf of bread with her last batch of dough. And in a remake miracle, Elijah didn’t pray for God to part the Jordan River; he struck it with his rolled-up cloak. Each miracle was precipitated by a concrete step of faith: setting up a sacrifice on Mount Carmel, baking a loaf of bread, and striking the Jordan River. And God honored those steps of faith by sending fire to consume Elijah’s sacrifice, multiplying that last loaf of bread so it lasted until the drought
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