As my schedule becomes more hectic with every passing year, I’m grateful for the wonderful team that surrounds me and assists me in the production of a book like the one you are holding in your hand. Especially do I want to thank . . .
Brian Vos, Mark Rice, Brianna DeWitt, Lindsey Spoolstra, and the entire Baker Books team for being the best publishing partner I’ve had in the three decades of my writing ministry.
Derrick G. Jeter, our creative director at Pathway to Victory, who immediately caught the vision for this book and was instrumental in helping me craft this book’s message about the extraordinary life of Elijah.
Sealy Yates, my literary agent and friend for more than two decades, who always provides encouragement and wise counsel.
Carrilyn Baker, my executive associate for nearly twenty years, for her “above and beyond” efforts in managing the unbelievably complicated work of our office—and always doing so with a smile! And thank you, Mary Shafer, for assisting Carrilyn and me in so many ways—you are a joy to work with!
Ben Lovvorn, the executive pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, and Nate Curtis, Patrick Heatherington, Vickie Sterling, Ben Bugg, and the entire Pathway to Victory team, who extend the message of this book to millions of people throughout the world.
And most of all, my wonderful wife, Amy, who has been by my side since we were twelve years old in Mrs. Denny’s seventh-grade math class. You have made my life truly “extraordinary!”