James 517 tells us that Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are.

He lived and served God under a wicked king, and yet, in spite of the wickedness around him,

he was a man who not only walked with

God he had the power of God on his life in this study a man like us in times like

ours Scott Paulie will share encouragement from the life of Elijah that will help

us make a difference for Christ in our generation.

Are you a morning person or are you a night person? I think early on I was much more a night owl

and the older I get, much fresher in the morning hours.

My mind starts to check out in the evening hours.

But I know this. God has made the morning and the evening for us to consider him.

In fact, they're the bookends on the day.

That's the way God established it in Genesis chapter number one, the evening and

the morning.

In the Jewish culture and custom, the day begins the evening before.

I think there's something really instructive about that, that if you want to have a good day tomorrow, don't wait till tomorrow, start in the evening before. I think there's something really instructive about that, that if you want to

have a good day tomorrow, don't wait till tomorrow, start in the evening, give your evenings to God,

seek the Lord in the evening hours. But the morning and the evening hours are both times for us

to reflect on the Lord and consider God and seek the Lord.

For me, I enjoy having my devotional reading of scripture and prayer time in the morning hours because it helps me get the day started a certain way, and I'm fresher.

And you want to give the first fruits, the freshness to the Lord.

But I do believe the last thoughts of the day ought to be Godward.

So the Lord wants to meet you in the morning and in the evening.

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