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Pray Big

Pray Big. Josh Boyer September 8, 2019 Series: ASK: Ask Seek Knock. 1 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.” … 30 Then Elijah said

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Pray Big

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  1. Pray Big Josh Boyer September 8, 2019 Series: ASK: Ask Seek Knock

  2. 1After 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.” … 30 Then Elijah said • to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been • torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of • the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of • the LORD had come, saying… (cont’d) • --I Kings 18:1, 30-39 (NIV)

  3. “Your name shall be Israel.” 32 With the stones he built • an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. • 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid • it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” • 34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. • “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and… (cont’d) • --I Kings 18:1, 30-39 (NIV)

  4. …they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. • 36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped • forward and prayed: “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. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God… (cont’d) • --I Kings 18:1, 30-39 (NIV)

  5. …and that you are turning their hearts back again.” • 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. • 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!” • --I Kings 18:1, 30-39 (NIV)

  6. Dream Big

  7. 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.” • --I Kings 18:1 (NIV)

  8. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. • --Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

  9. Believe Big

  10. 33He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and • laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” • 34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. • “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third • time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. • --1 Kings 18:33-35 (NIV)

  11. 26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: • 27 “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. • Is anything too hard for me?” • --Jeremiah 32:26-27 (NIV)

  12. Pray Big

  13. 36At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “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. 37 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 18:36-37 (NIV)

  14. 9“This, then, is how you should pray: • “‘Our Father in heaven, • hallowed be your name, • 10 your kingdom come, • your will be done, • on earth as it is in heaven. • --Matthew 6:9-10 (NIV)

  15. Act Big

  16. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. • --1 Kings 18:30 (NIV)

  17. 21Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? • 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. • --James 2:21-22 (NIV)

  18. Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense? • --James 2:17 (MSG)

  19. Witness Big

  20. Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. • --1 Kings 18:38 (NIV)

  21. He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. • --Deuteronomy 10:21 (NIV)

  22. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!” • --1 Kings 18:39 (NIV)

  23. 29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. • --Acts 4:29-30 (NIV)

  24. 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. • --1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)

  25. Pray Big Josh Boyer September 8, 2019 Series: ASK: Ask Seek Knock

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