Pray with Elijah
The prophet who prayed on Mount Carmel in front of a watching nation, and fire fell.
OT
ElijahAnd 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.”1 Kings 18:36-37 · ESVPeople of the Bible11 / 36
ElijahAnd 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.”1 Kings 18:36-37 · ESVPeople of the Bible11 / 36prayed with 0 of 36
How to pray this card
- Who prayed it
- Elijah
- Context
- On Mount Carmel Elijah asked Israel, “How long will you go limping between two different opinions?” (1 Kings 18:21). Baal’s prophets cried out all day unanswered; Elijah rebuilt the LORD’s altar and soaked it with water (18:26-35).
- Read how Elijah prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
- Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
- Read the verses that name Elijah, further down this page.
Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.
In the same story
Where Elijah appears
Elijah is named in 92 verses across 10 books
Chapter and verse, book by book.
| Book | Where | Verses |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 17:117:1317:1517:1617:1817:2217:2317:2418:118:218:718:818:1118:1418:1518:1618:1718:2118:2218:2518:2718:3018:3118:3618:4018:4118:4218:4619:119:219:919:1319:1919:2019:2121:1721:2021:28 | 38 |
| 2 Kings | 1:31:41:81:101:121:131:151:172:12:22:42:62:82:92:112:132:142:153:119:3610:1010:17 | 22 |
| 2 Chronicles | 21:12 | 1 |
| Malachi | 4:5 | 1 |
| Matthew | 11:1416:1417:317:417:1017:1117:1227:4727:49 | 9 |
| Mark | 6:158:289:49:59:119:129:1315:3515:36 | 9 |
| Luke | 1:174:254:269:89:199:309:339:54 | 8 |
| John | 1:211:25 | 2 |
| Romans | 11:2 | 1 |
| James | 5:17 | 1 |
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- OTPrayed byHezekiahOpen their pagePeople of the Bible13 / 36
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- OTPrayed byJehoshaphatOpen their pagePeople of the Bible17 / 36
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