PPT-Elijah’s Prayer 1 Kings 18:41-45

James 51618 Elijahs Previous Prayers Elijah prayed some amazingly effective prayers For a dead childs soul to return to him 1 Kings 172122. As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends,  so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Nova Scotia back country.. John 14:12 . (NIV). 12 . Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.. 1 Kings 19:19-21 . 1 Kings 17:2-7. 1 Kings 17:2-7. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the . Kerith. Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”   So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the . Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. . So . Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”. Elisha. Discipleship Relationships. 1 Kings 19:12-21. Introduction. Elijah. Mt. . Horeb. – after defeating prophets at Mt. Carmel. Consuming fire from heaven. Evil Queen Jezebel – Wife of King Ahab. PART 2. I Kings 18:30-40. REVIEW. NO RAIN FOR 3 ½ YEARS!!. THE QUESTION: “HOW LONG WILL YOU LIVE UNDECIDED?. THE CHALLENGE: “IF THE LORD IS GOD – FOLLOW HIM….”. THE CONTEST: WHO IS GOD?. 1 Kings . 18:16-40. 1 Kings . 18:16-24 . NIV. 16. . So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. . 17. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you . troubler. So . he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the . Kerith. Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. . The . ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Fear to Faith. Backstory. Elijah – a prophet of God. King Ahab – evil king that . leads . the . people of Israel . to sin more than any king previous to him.. 1 Kings 16:30-33 . 30 . Ahab son of . 1. I can’t get there by . myself. .. 2 Kings 2:1. When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from . Gilgal. . . 1. I can’t get there by . As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.  I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There  were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. . Textual Study of . I Kings 19:1-18. And . Elijah came to all the people, and said, . “. How . long will you falter between two opinions?. If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. .” . . son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. .  . He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, because he followed the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of . … Lesson 6 1 Kings 17-18 Jehoshaphat Reigned in place of his father Asa Strengthened Judah against Israel 2 Chronicles 17:3 Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.