2009-10-02T15:27:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/elisha/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%205:20-27&version=NIV 2009-10-02T15:27:57-05:00 Gehazi was a servant of Elisha. One time, Elisha helped a man named Naaman get healed of his leprosy. Elisha wouldn't accept any payment from Naaman and sent him on his way. Gehazi thought his master should have received something from the man so took it upon himself to catch up to Naaman and ask for a few talents and some clothes. When Gehazi returned Elisha knew what he had done and Gehazi was struck with the leprosy that Naaman had rid himself of. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%202:9&version=NIV 2009-09-20T18:54:33-05:00 As Elijah prepared to depart the earth, he asked his apprentice Elisha what Elisha wanted from him. Rather than asking for possessions or for worldly status, Elisha simply asked for a "double portion" of the spirit that empowered Elijah to serve God to effectively. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019:19-21&version=NIV 2009-09-03T13:37:29-05:00 The story of Elisha's calling of a successor. He marked his successor by placing his mantle on him as he worked. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%205:1-27&version=NIV 2009-08-07T11:25:52-05:00 The interesting story of the healing of Naaman, a foreign general who learned that he had to humble himself to receive the healing he sought. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%204:1-7&version=31 2009-07-28T16:06:05-05:00 One of Elisha's memorable miracles, in which he helps a widow repay her husband's debt to keep her sons from slavery. It demonstrates both God's power and His concern for the outcasts of society. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%202:1-18&version=NIV 2009-07-23T15:09:59-05:00 Elisha was the "apprentice" of and successor to the prophet Elijah. In this story, Elisha witnesses his master taken up into heaven, and assumes the mantle of Elijah's ministry. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20Russian.pdf 2009-06-01T14:35:35-05:00 Russian: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-05-08T10:56:43-05:00 Hebrew: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/chinese_traditional/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20ChineseT.pdf 2009-02-27T14:25:24-05:00 ChineseT: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/icelandic/Elisha%20Man%20of%20Miracles%20Icelandic.pdf 2008-08-12T16:20:16-05:00 Icelandic: Elisha asks for power like Elijah, and God grants it. He strikes the river and the waters part for him. He raises a young boy from the dead. He cures the leprosy of Naaman from Syria. After he died another dead person's body touched his and the dead man came alive.