Exo.4:1-5 - Then Moses answered, “What if the people of Israel [they] do not believe [trust] me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”
The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
Moses answered, “It is my walking stick [staff; representing the presence of God].”
The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”
So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake [serpent]. Moses ran [fled] from the snake [serpent], but the Lord said to him, “Reach out [Send out your hand] and grab [grasp; catch] the snake [serpent] by its tail.” When Moses reached out [sent out his hand] and took hold of the snake, it again became a stick [staff] in his hand. The Lord said, “This is so that the Israelites will believe [trust] that the Lord appeared to you. I am the God of their ancestors [fathers], the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
Psalm 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
1Kings 17:1-16 - Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I serve [stand before] the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no dew or rain will fall during the next few years unless I command it [except by my word; the people were worshiping the false god Baal whom they believed brought rain].”
Then the Lord spoke His word [word of the Lord came] to Elijah: 3 “Leave this place and go east and hide near Kerith Ravine [Brook; Wadi] east of the Jordan River. Drink from the stream, and I have commanded [ordered] ravens to bring you food there.” So Elijah did what the Lord said [according to the word of the Lord]; he went to Kerith Ravine [Brook; Wadi], east of the Jordan, and lived there. 6 The birds [ravens] brought Elijah bread and meat every morning and evening, and he drank water from the stream.
After a while the stream dried up because there was no rain in the land. Then the Lord spoke His word to Elijah [word of the Lord came to him], “Go to Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I have commanded a widow there to take care of [provide for; feed] you.”
So Elijah went to Zarephath. When he reached the town gate, he saw a widow gathering wood for a fire [sticks]. Elijah asked her, “Would you [Please] bring me a little water in a cup [jar; pitcher] so I may have a drink?” As she was going to get his water, Elijah said, “Please bring me a piece [scrap] of bread [in your hand].”
The woman answered, “As surely as the Lord your God lives, I have no bread. I have only a handful of flour in a jar [bowl] and only a little olive oil in a jug. I came here to gather some wood so I could go home and cook our last meal. My son and I will eat it and then die [of hunger].”
“Don’t worry [be afraid],” Elijah said to her. “Go home and cook your food as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread from the flour you have, and bring it to me. Then cook something for yourself and your son. The Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘That jar of flour will never be empty [spent; used up], and the jug will always have oil in it [not run dry/fail/be empty], until the day the Lord sends rain to the land.’”
So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And the woman and her son and Elijah [family; household] had enough food every day [for many days]. The jar [bowl] of flour and the jug of oil were never empty, just as the Lord, through Elijah, had promised [according to the word of the Lord, spoken through Elijah].
Matt.14:15-21 - When it was evening, His followers [disciples] came to him and said, “No one lives in this [This is a remote/deserted] place, and it is already late. Send the people away so they can go to the towns [villages] and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus answered, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.” They said to Him, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish.”
Jesus said, “Bring the bread and the fish to me.” Then He told [commanded; ordered] the people to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking to heaven, He thanked God for [blessed] the food. Jesus divided [broke] the bread and gave it to His followers [disciples], who gave it to the people. All the people ate and were satisfied. Then the followers [they] filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of food. There were about five thousand men there who ate, not counting women and children.
Whatever you have in your hand, give it to God. He will bless and multiply.
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