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1 Kings 19:1-4

1 Kings 19:1-4. Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow."

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1 Kings 19:1-4

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  1. 1 Kings 19:1-4 • Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. • Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." • Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. • But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."

  2. God Cared For Elijah God Cares For You

  3. Demonstrations

  4. God Heard Elijah’s Prayers

  5. Elijah Prayed For No Rain Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." 1Kings 17:1

  6. Elijah Prayed For The Child After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!" And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.

  7. Elijah Prayed For The Child And he cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again." And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1 Kings 17:17-22

  8. Elijah Prayed For The People And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back." Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18:36-38)

  9. Elijah Prayed For Rain So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times. And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you." And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. (18:41-45)

  10. God Provided For Elijah

  11. God Provided The Ravens To Feed Elijah And the word of the LORD came to him: "Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. (17:2-6)

  12. God Provided The Woman To Sustain Elijah • And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. • Then the word of the LORD came to him, • "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you." (1 Kings 17:7-9)

  13. God Provided Obadiah To Support Elijah • And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."' • And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. • Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water? (18:11-13)

  14. God Provided Angels To Help Elijah • And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. • And the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you." • And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. (1 Kings 19:5-8)

  15. God Listened To Elijah Vent • There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" • He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." (19:9-10)

  16. God Listened To Elijah Vent • And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" • He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." (19:13-14)

  17. God Tried To Shake Elijah Out Of His Low State • And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. • And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. (19:11-12)

  18. God Gave Elijah Reason To Go On

  19. Others Needed Him • And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. • And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of • Abelmeholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. • And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death. (19:15-17)

  20. God Cared By Assuring Elijah He Was Still In Control

  21. God Had A Remnant Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him." 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. (1 Kings 19:18-19)

  22. God Cared For Elijah God Cares For You

  23. Elijah Was Like Us • Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. • Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. (James 5:17-18)

  24. God Cares For You

  25. God Will • Answer Our Prayers • Provide For Us • Allow and Listen To Our Venting • Try To Shake Us From Our Low Points • Assure Us He Is Still In Control • Give Us Reasons To Go On • 1 Kings 19:19 Elijah departed the cave and went. . .

  26. Through Jesus • God has provided our redemption. • God hears our prayers. • God speaks to us through His word. • God encourages us to go on. • Heaven is before us and God is in control.

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