Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Elijah did some very extraordinary things.  But James’ message is that Elijah was just an ordinary person, & that God can take ordinary people & accomplish extraordinary things. 
                
                    
                        MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER                                   
RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK
(Revised: 2017)
TEXT: James 5:17;  Malachi 4:5 6;  1 Kings 18:21,30;  Rom 12:1-2 (NIV)
  	James 5:17 says, "Elijah was a man just like us.  He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, & it did not rain
                        
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