![]() A lesson that I can draw out from Elijah's unending prayer is for us to never stop praying. In verse 43 of 1 Kings 18, it was recorded that Elijah made a proclamation 7 times he kept asking for his servant to check if it was raining as he was praying for the drought to end. In 1 Kings 18:42 and 1 Kings 18:43, it was recorded that Elijah bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. He was a man of prayer he was persistent in the place of prayer.(To know more about how Elijah was obedient to God's commands. This allowed God to use him for kingdom work on earth. He followed the instructions that God gave him. In 2 Kings 2:1, the Bible says "And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal." Elijah was taken into heaven by a whirlwind.Elijah made the record straight by explaining to Ahab that it was due to his sins that there was a drought (1 Kings 18:17 & 18). informing him that he had caused the drought in Israel. Elijah was referred to as the troubler of Israel by King Ahab due to Elijah.King Ahab was the seventh and worst king of Israel during his reign as he had forsaken the commandments of God and followed Baals alongside his wife, Jezebel. Elijah lived during the reign of King Ahab.Elijah was suddenly mentioned in 1 Kings 17:1. ![]() ![]() I am unsure as to why his background was not shared with us.How he was anointed as a prophet was not mentioned in the Bible.How he grew up was not mentioned in the Bible.The year he was born was not mentioned in the Bible.His parents were not mentioned in the Bible.Elijah was a prophet. A prophet was the mouthpiece of God to His people –the bringer of God’s Word to the nation.In 1 kings 17:1, the Bible says: "And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” Elijah was first mentioned in the Old Testament in the Book of 1 Kings 17.
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