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Elisha who Received Power from God

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[II Kings 2:14]

Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the water with it. "Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

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God`s great prophet Elijah was called by God. God decided to bring Elijah to heaven alive. Elijah went to heaven riding in a burning chariot without dying.

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There was one person who saw Elijah going to heaven. He was Elisha who was Elijah`s apprentice. Elisha was together with the prophet Elijah until the end.

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The prophet Elijah asked Elisha before he went to heaven.
"Elisha, what do you want me to do for you?" Elisha answered to his teacher,
"I want power two times stronger than yours."

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Elijah said, "You are asking a really difficult one. However, if you see God bringing me to heaven, your wish will be granted."

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Elisha brought the left behind cloak of Elijah and stood in front of the Jordan River.  Elisha hit the Jordan River and said, "Where is the God of Elijah?"
Then suddenly the water started to scatter around.

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God granted power to Elisha who wished for power. When the other prophets saw that God`s power had been granted to Elisha they bowed down and started to follow him.

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Elisha was staying in the city called Jericho.
This city was built on a really beautiful place.
This city seem to be a good place to live.

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However, the people living in this city had a really huge concern.
Every year when they would plant some fruit before the fruit would be ripe enough they would fall down.

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They went to Elisha and told him about this.
"This city seems fine but because the water is not good the fruit falls down even before they are ripe."

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When the prophet Elisha heard this he told them. "Bring one new bowl with some salt in it." The people brought one new bowl with some salt in it as Elisha had told them to do.

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Elisha brought the salt to the place where the water comes out. And he threw the salt there and said, "The LORD has said this; 'I cure this water, hence starting now there will be nothing dying because of this water. And there won`t be any fruit that dies."

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Everything happened as Elisha said. And from that day onward there was no fruit that fell even before they were ripe. Fresh fruit started to bear on the trees. God healed the water through Elisha.

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Elisha became a great prophet after Elijah in Israel.
Where ever Elisha went many people followed him. Elisha even saved Israel when they where under attack from other countries by praying to God.

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Because Elisha asked for power just for God, God granted his wish. And God helped Elisha to succeed in everything by staying together with him.

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After a few days, the new year will begin. I hope every one of you here will have the same wish as Elisha. I hope we will ask for power to do God`s work. God will surely grant the same grace as Elisha. And we will also be used in an important place like Elisha.

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