Sermon Outline
1Kings 18:41-46, James 5:16-18 Fervent Prayer
- The Context
- Elijah is God’s Man in control (1Ki 18:41)
- Ahab is a puppet king (Prov 21:1)
- Why the command to Go up, eat and drink?
- Practical breaking of the fast from the events of the day. (Pink, Elijah, p54).
- Call to celebrate the that drought is over (1Ki 18:41b, Dt 28:12)
- Instructing Ahab to partake of a sacred Covenantal meal and personally ratify his commitment to God
- Application: Profound truth for each of us in the last one however, it is not enough for a church community around us to make a commitment to the Lord, We too must take personal responsibility and chose to walk with the Lord. (Josh 22:20)
- The Fervent Prayer of Elijah (1Ki 18:42-44)
- Stuff (1Ki 18:42)
- His Posture of Humility (1Ki 18:42)
- Praying the Promise of God (1Ki 18:1)
- The ramifications of praying God’s promises:
- Assured it will be answered.
- Assured we are praying his will.
- Easier to persist in prayer.
- This in fact is what we see in Elijah’s experience (James 5:17-18).
- Promises of God in Scripture
- The ramifications of praying God’s promises:
- Persistence, Perseverance and Faith (1Kin 18:43, Lk 18:1-8, Mt 7:7)
- What promises of God do you need to persist in praying?
- The Answer to the Prayer (1Ki 18:44-45)
- At the smallest hint of answer, Elijah assumes his prayer is finished. God has answered, and a full response to the prayer is coming.
- Let me ask about your faith in prayer.
- Do you believe that the slightest answer to your prayers means that the full answer is coming?
- Are you willing to step out and begin acting as though your prayer is answered?
- The Hand of the Lord (1 Ki 18:46)
- 39x the hand of the Lord is used in the OT
- At times it is a metaphor for speaking about God’s judgment upon sinners (Ex 9:3)
- At other times way of talking about gaining a prophetic word (Ezek 1:3)
- At times it is a way of explaining how magnificent things happen (Num 11:23, Josh 4:23-24)
- The whole story only makes sense because of the Hand of the Lord being upon his servant.
- 39x the hand of the Lord is used in the OT
- Good News – you have even more than the Hand of God upon you. You have the very Spirit of God dwelling in you (Jn 14:12)
- Conclusion: Remember, Elijah was a man just like us and he prayed and saw answers and so can you.
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