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  • Greg Irby avatar

    The Lord He Is The God

    Contributed by Greg Irby on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 13,236 views

    The odds may looked stacked in the favor of evil, but Elijah is about to experience the truth that one plus God is a majority.

    Introduction: This passage has it setting when the spiritual tide in Israel is at an extremely low ebb. The people have, for the most part, turned their backs on the Lord and have gone after the Canaanite god Baal. It is against this backdrop of apostasy and idolatry that the prophet Elijah ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    Outnumbered? Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 20, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
     | 8,604 views

    How to have faith when you're overwhelmed

    Outnumbered? (Message #11of the Series: View From God’s Mountaintops) 1 Kings 18 October 8, 2000 Have you ever been so overwhelmed by life that you wished to die? Or perhaps just go to sleep – or start over again, as a new person? Life has been known to put that on people. Perhaps life ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    Elijah, Ahab And Obadiah: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 6, 2000
    based on 110 ratings
     | 23,457 views

    Things look bad for Israel; then, God's man comes from the East (can you hear the spurs jingle?)

    Following the reign of King David, his son, Solomon reigned in wisdom and the strength of God for approximately 30-35 years before his own apostasy and decline. After Solomon, the Kings of Israel all did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forsook His ways to serve idols, and led the people ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Tony Skaff avatar

    How Long Will You Waver?

    Contributed by Tony Skaff on Jul 13, 2006
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     | 8,389 views

    As Christian believers, many times we ask this same question when we are tired from the unbelief state, ignorance and confusion of most people around us. From this story, it seems that sometimes we ourselves can decide for how long this may continue.

    1stBBC How long will you waver? 1Ki 18:16-24 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah. When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?" And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W F avatar

    How To Defeat Indecision Series

    Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006
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     | 7,407 views

    How to defeat the giant of indecision.

    Key verse: Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing (1 Kings 18:21). INTRODUCTION Choice plays a big part in our lives. For instance, we can get anything we ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • ROBERT SIMMONS avatar

    Hezekiah's Revival

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on May 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,885 views

    The personal revival of Hezekiah is a model for all of us to experience revival of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

    Hezekiah’s Revival -- I Kings 18:1-8 I. Served the Lord from his Youth a. Beginning at 25 years old, as a young king he did what was right in the sight of the Lord b. Walked in the ways of his forefather David -- though young, he walked in the old paths c. He DID what was right in the sight of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Karen Buck avatar

    Overcome Intimidation

    Contributed by Karen Buck on May 24, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 29,181 views

    Intimidation is holding many Christians back not just being who God wants them to be, but also doing what He wants them to do at their church and in their normal day lives. It paralyzes them in the realm of the spirit. It causes them to compromise what

    The Oxford English Dictionary defines intimidation as: to render timid; to inspire fear; to discourage; or, suppress by threatening. Like other strongholds people battle intimidations, however most do not confront the source of it or even realize that there is actually a source. Some battle ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Petticrew avatar

    These Are The Days Of Elijah Part 1 Series

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 14,643 views

    Number one in a series looking at the imagery in the modern Hymn These are the days of Elijah, looking at Elijah and being faithful to the word of God.

    Introduction These are the days of Elijah. It’s a popular modern hymn. Sorry, but I refuse to call a song a chorus when it has two verses and a chorus just because it was written later than the 18th century. But anyway its quite a popular modern hymn. However, as with so many of our hymns and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • William Morris avatar

    It's Show Time Series

    Contributed by William Morris on Mar 20, 2004
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,064 views

    The 6th in a series of messages on the life of teh Prophet Elijah

    Sermon by: Dr. Todd Morris Text: I Kings 18:16-40 Title: It’s Show Time (Elijah #6) Date: March 21, 2004 Introduction: We have had the privilege over the past few weeks of observing God as He trained a man named Elijah. We saw Him bring him from nowhere, set him before an king and use him to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Malone avatar

    How Long Will You Waiver

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 9,955 views

    In this message we see the prophet Elijah battling 450 false prophets on Mt Carmel. (1 Kings- pt 4)

    "HOW LONG WILL YOU WAIVER?" TEXT: I KINGS 18:16-40 INTRODUCTION Several weeks ago when we talked about Elijah we said that he was an outdoorsman who came riding into town to tell King Ahab that because of the sin in the land, because the people had turned their backs on the one true God and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Episode Ii: Attack Of The Clones Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 26, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,443 views

    In the showdown on Mt. Carmel, God demonstrates that he is the one true God who is worthy of our attention.

    Last week we started a sermon series entitled: “Seer Wars”. The purpose of this Star Wars take-off is to show that God combats the forces of evil today as he did in the prophet Elijah’s day some 2800 years ago. In Episode I: The Phantom Menace, we saw God try to turn King Ahab away from the worship ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dan Grubbs avatar

    Avilable Power Of God

    Contributed by Dan Grubbs on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,531 views

    The same power God demonstrated in the accounts of the Old Testament is available for each and every Christian today.

    I often think that because the historical accounts of God’s power in the Old Testament were so amazing, that we think things like that can’t happen today. Can you imagine watching the Red Sea part, or blowing trumpets causing a stone city to fall down or even witnessing time moving backwards? I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kevin Litchfield avatar

    On The Fence Christianity Series

    Contributed by Kevin Litchfield on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,491 views

    This sermon is in the Elijah series

    Xl 0n the fence People There is a cancer that is quickly spreading among many of our churches today. This cancer is causing many churches either to lose their effectiveness or to die. A cancer that allows church members to believe that the Christian walk and life has no personal cost. A cancer ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    It Is Time To Choose

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 16,424 views

    A call to get off the fence and follow the Lord.

    Disclaimer: Concepts and source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledgethese sources whenever possible. IT’S TIME TO CHOOSE I KINGS 18:17-21 Introduction: IKings 18 gives us the familiar account of the Prophet Elijah as he stands ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    The Contest On Mount Carmel; A Biblical Model For Revival

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Mar 27, 2002
    based on 274 ratings
     | 60,495 views

    A biblical model for revival, from 1 Kings 18

    THE CONTEST ON MOUNT CARMEL; MODEL FOR A BIBLICAL REVIVAL Elijah was driven with a passion that his apostate nation return to God. The contest on Mount Carmel provides a biblical model for revival both for us and for our nation. There are 9 elements of the contest on Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal