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Dismiss children to children’s church.
Last week we looked in depth at the first two points on prayer…
Prayer is Pertinent
Prayer Brings Healing
Today we will look at the last two with a focus on a man named Elijah...
Prayer Requires Faith
Prayer is for All Believers
“The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him.”
D.L Moody
We see in our nation an overwhelming lack of prayer… yet we see God doing great works even miracles in the church around the world!
We look to our government, bank accounts, and careers to fix things… when people in the church around the world can only look to God.
“It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action.
Believers who know one-tenth as much as we do are doing one-hundred times more for God, with His blessing and our criticism.
Oh... if only God's power would become known among us.”
Jim Elliot
Throughout history and the scriptures we see God work through ordinary, and even sub-ordinary, men and women to do some amazing and miraculous things when His people PRAY!
When God’s people pray, the world takes notice of God Almighty!
James in chapter 5 not only challenges his readers to pray but outright tells them they must!
Consider Who Elijah was according to this passage in James:
He was a man
He had a nature like ours
He Prayed…
this is what will set him apart from other men with the same nature!
I want us to look back and see what his communication with God accomplished...
Prayer is communication with God!
We will find this time of Elijah communicating with God in
As we look at the scene Elijah comes into, it is a dismal one...
Israel is a divided kingdom… Israel is to the north and Judah (Jerusalem) is to the south
Ahab is the King in Israel, and Jezabel is the Queen
Baal and Asherah
Baal sun god, over nature, rain, lightning, wind, etc.
Asherah was the mother of Baal and a goddess worshiped
Both required horrific acts of worship and sacrifices even human at times
Israel has turned their backs on God for the pleasures of these pagan gods… what has crept into your life that has replaced God?
Elijah comes on the scene as the man God will use somewhat out of the blue
Never underestimate when and how God will use you.
Elijah comes from a town too small for a map dot
A farm and ranch area
No formal education is ever given
No fancy introductions… God has a message and Elijah gives the message!
Elijah has been communicating with God and God now has a message for the King of Israel.
No rain, no dew, until I pray/talk/communicate so to God.
This is not vindictive… this is a heart in beat with God’s heart.
Elijah stood with God… a very lonely place to stand.
Does your communication with God bring about a boldness in your life for Him?!
Standing for God does not always mean life is easy...
For a long while he is in isolation with only God, fed by Ravens, drinking from a brook (time in prayer)
He then stays with a widow and her son (prays and the flour and oil never run out until it rains)
The widows son gets sick and dies (Elijah prays and his life is restored)
Life was not easy, BUT wow what a God to work through prayers!
3 1/2 years later… that is a long time!
Elijah is communicating with God and He says it’s time…
Elijah at Mt Carmel: Where God recieved the victory and glory through a man’s prayer!
Notice how when we are in communication with God we do not lack boldness or courage!
Elijah is clear who has brought about the trouble Israel has seen.
Elijah then challenges the hearts of Israel!
Elijah then challenges the hearts of Israel!
Israel is in a state of double-mindedness!
Israel stays quiet knowing the answer but not wanting to say it because they would then have to act one way or another...
What does your silence say about your faith!?
It is time to take a side, the line is in the sand!!!
Proposition is simple:
build alter
the god who responds with fire wins
by the way Ball goes first (sun god, lightening, storms, and nature)
Elijah has a little fun… scripture is comical some times.
Our God never sleeps, He is everywhere present, Our God is in tune with your life and mine!!!
He even hears a whisper!
NOW… It is God’s Turn!
Get close watch what God is going to do...
12 tribes of Jacob… remember who you are Israel
Israel= “one who wrestles with God”
Have you been wrestling with God?
Is He trying to get your attention?
Preparation:
God’s alter
Preparing the people’s hearts
Soak the sacrifice, wood, stones, and trench around the alter
Pray…
Elijah is not done yet...
Baal prophets are killed (what needs cut out of your life)
Cancer is never a partial removal… you want all of it gone!
God answered, God worked, God recieved the glory the victory...
Now how do we relate Elijah with ?
Pray for one another… all of you!
God will listen to His people when we pray in faith!!!
Illustrate with Girl at TeePee Camp… God heard her prayer of faith.
The prayer of a righteous man...
What needs to be removed from your life?
Elijah spent time with with God, communicated with Him, he was not perfect… but he had a relationship with a Perfect and Powerful God.
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