PRAYER THAT GETS RESULTS
James 5:13, NKJV
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
James 5:14, NKJV
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
James 5:15, NKJV
And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
James 5:16, NKJV
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16, TPT
For tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer!
James 5:17, NKJV
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
James 5:18, NKJV
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:23, NIV
The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
1 Kings 17:1, NIV
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
1 Kings 17:2, NIV
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:
1 Kings 17:3-4, NIV
“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
1 Kings 17:5, NIV
So he did what the Lord had told him.
1 Kings 17:7, NIV
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:8, NIV
Then the word of the Lord came to him:
1 Kings 17:9, NIV
“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
1 Kings 17:10, NIV
So he went to Zarephath.
1 Kings 17:10, NIV
And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”
1 Kings 17:11, NIV
The Lord heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!
1 Kings 18:1, NIV
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
1 Kings 18:2, NIV
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
1 Kings 18:36, NIV
“Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
1 Kings 18:37, NIV
Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
1 Kings 18:41, NIV
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
1 Kings 18:42, NIV
So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
1 Kings 18:43, NIV
“Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
1 Kings 18:44, NIV
The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
1 Kings 18:45, NIV
Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
1 Kings 18:45, NIV
The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
