Seeds of Hope Nuggets

In many countries all around the world especially here in the Bahamas people are busy shopping and making preparations to celebrate the festive season of Christmas.  Vehicular traffic can be seen lined up for miles and in the malls windows of shops are dressed so elegantly as if to say, “Come in here and sample my wares!”  Children are looking with great anticipation for their gifts and of course all of this with much more is good in its place but I heard these words as they rang out so urgently, “Use the secret weapon!”  Immediately the Word spoke from the book of 1 Kings 17 from (1 )” And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” Can you imagine Elijah being so bold and having so much confidence in Abba Father?  Now read the instructions that were given to Elijah after such a daring declaration in (2)”Then the word of the LOR