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1 Kings 19:19-21

1 Kings 19:19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of

oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. 20 And he left

the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he

said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" 21 And he returned from following him and took the

yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the

people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.

We follow God above all…

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Luke 9:57-62 – 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58

Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his

head." 59 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my

father." 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of

God." 61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my

family." 62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom

of God."

2 Kings 1:15 Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, "Go down with him; do

not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down with him to the king 16 and

said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have sent messengers to

inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron--is it because there is no God in Israel to

inquire of his word?

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1 Kings 19:19-21

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