Sermon Tone Analysis

Sermon: Elijah the Faithful Servant                                                                    Feb.11, 2007

 

*PRAY LIKE ELIJAH*

James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us.

[with a nature like ours; as human as we are] He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops 

Read 1 Kings 17-18

PRAYERS FOR THE SALVATION OF OTHERS

1 Kings 17:20-22

Read Colossians 2:13; Ephesians 2:1-5

PRAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO THE LORD

1 Kings 18:36-38 

Read Malachi 4:5-6

“END OF THE ROAD” PRAYERS

1 Kings 19:4

Read Genesis 21:16; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

PRAYERS THAT REVEAL GOD’S POWER

2 Kings 1:10,12,14

Read 2 Kings 2:8; Numbers 16:28-35 

MOUNTAIN TOP PRAYERS

Matthew 17:3

Read Exodus 33:11

 

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Prédica: Elías el Siervo Fiel

 

*ORA COMO ELIAS *

Santiago 5:17 (NBLH)  Elías era un hombre [con debilidades como las nuestras].de

pasiones semejantes a las nuestras, y oró fervientemente para que no lloviera, y no llovió sobre la tierra por tres años y seis meses.

Lee 1 Reyes 17-18

ORA POR LA SALVACION DE OTROS

1 Reyes 17:20-22

Lee Colosenses 2:13; Efesios 2:1-5

ORA POR LOS DESCARRIADOS PARA QUE REGRESEN A CRISTO

1 Reyes 18:36-38 

Lee Malaquías 4:5-6

LAS ORACIONES DEL QUE YA NO TIENE FUERZAS

1 Reyes 19:4

Lee Génesis 21:16; 2 Corintios 1:8-10

ORACIONES QUE MANIFIESTAN EL PODER DE DIOS

2 Reyes 1:10,12,14

Lee 2 Reyes 2:8; Números 16:28-35 

LAS ORACIONES CARA A CARA 

Mateo 17:3

Lee Exodo 33:11

 

*5 Types of Elijah Prayers:*

 

*James 5:17* Elijah was a man just like us.

[with a nature like ours; as human as we are] He prayed earnestly [in prayer he prayed” (proseuchē prosēyxato), that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops  /Elías era hombre[/como nosotros],/ sujeto a pasiones semejantes a las nuestras, y oró fervientemente para que no /lloviera/, y no llovió sobre la tierra por tres años y seis meses.

18Y otra vez oró, y el cielo dio lluvia, y la tierra produjo su  /

 

PRAY LIKE ELIJAH…..cause Elijah was just like you….cause

Elijah’s God is your God

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*1Kg 17:1* 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."

*1Kg 18:1* 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."

*41 *And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."

*42*  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.

* 43*  "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."

*44*  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.'"

*45*  Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

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*Luke 4:25*-*26* I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

NBLH  "Pero en verdad les digo, que muchas viudas había en Israel en los días de Elías, cuando el cielo fue cerrado por tres años y seis meses /y/ cuando hubo gran hambre sobre toda la tierra;  sin embargo, a ninguna de ellas fue enviado Elías, sino a una mujer viuda en Sarepta, en la tierra de Sidón.

Pray things that are God’s idea, not yours……….Ask yourself: is this God’s idea or mine?

*1Jn.5:14-15

*This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him.

NBLH  Esta es la confianza que tenemos delante de El, que si pedimos cualquier cosa conforme a Su voluntad, El nos oye.

Y si sabemos que El nos oye /en/ cualquier cosa que pidamos, sabemos que tenemos las peticiones que Le hemos hecho.

He was not perfect, Elijah became afraid & discouraged & ran away.

But he was a righteous man

God’s promises of answered prayer are for all His children, not just for the spiritual elite

*Many people do not pray in their prayers*.

They just lazily say religious words, and their hearts are not in their prayers

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*1Kg 17:20-22*  Then he cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?" 21  Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!" 22 The LORD heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.

NBLH  Y clamó al SEÑOR: "Oh SEÑOR, Dios mío, ¿has traído también mal a la viuda con quien estoy hospedado haciendo morir a su hijo?"  (21)  Entonces se tendió tres veces sobre el niño, y clamó al SEÑOR: "Oh SEÑOR, Dios mío, Te ruego que el alma de este niño vuelva a él."  (22)  El SEÑOR escuchó la voz de Elías, y el alma del niño volvió a él y revivió.

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*#1* Prayers for Salvation: ………for dead people to come to life

 

*Col** 2:13* When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ.

He forgave us all our sins, (DHH)  Ustedes, en otro tiempo, estaban muertos espiritualmente acausa de sus pecados y por no haberse despojado de su naturaleza pecadora; pero ahora Dios les ha dado vida juntamente con Cristo, en quien nos ha perdonado todos los pecados.

*Eph 2:1-5* As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2  in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

3  All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts.

Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

4  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,  5  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.

NBLH  Y /El/ /les dio vida/ a ustedes, que estaban muertos en (a causa de) sus delitos y pecados,  (2)  en los cuales anduvieron en otro tiempo según la corriente (la época) de este mundo, conforme al príncipe de la potestad del aire, el espíritu que ahora opera en los hijos de desobediencia.

(3)  Entre ellos también todos nosotros en otro tiempo vivíamos en las pasiones de nuestra carne, satisfaciendo los deseos de la carne y de la mente (de los pensamientos), y éramos por naturaleza hijos de ira, lo mismo que los demás.

(4)  Pero Dios, que es rico en misericordia, por causa del gran amor con que nos amó,  (5)  aun cuando estábamos muertos en (a causa de) /nuestros/ delitos, nos dio vida juntamente con Cristo (por gracia ustedes han sido salvados),

 

MAKE A LIST OF ALL UNSAVED FAMILY MEMBERS……and start praying like Elijah!

*1.                     2.                     3                      4.                     5. *

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| *9 Resuscitations From the Dead* |

| Widow of Zarephath’s son, raised by Elijah | 1 Kin.

17:22 |

| Shunammite woman’s son, raised by Elisha | 2 Kin.

4:34,35 |

| Man raised when he came into contact with the bones of Elisha | 2 Kin.

13:20,21 |

| Widow of Nain’s son, raised by Jesus | Luke 7:14,15 |

| Jairus’ daughter, raised by Jesus | Luke 8:52–56 |

| Lazarus of Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, raised by Jesus | John 11 |

| Dorcas, raised by Peter | Acts 9:40 |

| Eutychus, raised by Paul | Acts 20:9–12 |

| Dead raised at Jesus crucifixtion | Matt.27:52-53 |

*1Kg 18:36-38*  At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, 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, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, 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.NBLH  Y a la hora de ofrecerse el sacrificio de la /tarde/ , el profeta Elías se acercó y dijo: "Oh SEÑOR, Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Israel, que se sepa hoy que Tú eres Dios en Israel, que yo soy Tu siervo y que he hecho todas estas cosas por palabra Tuya.

(37)  "Respóndeme, oh SEÑOR, respóndeme, para que este pueblo sepa que Tú, oh SEÑOR, eres Dios, y /que/ has hecho volver sus corazones."