So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.
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… go eat and drink. There's a sound of a heavy rain. Look at verse 42. Graham acted this out. 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. Why I'm going to make fun of Graham is because he preached it great, but the way he did it is the way I always pictured it too, his face between his knees like that. But this is not the way Elijah prayed. It was like… I'm not correcting you, because I preached it the same way before, but I studied it this week and I found out that some prayers aren't pretty. There is no way for me to do this in front of you and not lose aura. There's no way. That's about all of what I'm going to do in front of you, too, because I don't know what happens next. I don't know how long I can stay that way. …
… For there is the sound of an abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and drink. and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel. Then he bowed down on the ground and put his face between his knees, and he said to his servant, Go up now. Look toward the sea. So he went and looked, and he said, There is nothing. And seven times he said, Go again. Go again. Go again. Go again. Go again. Go again. It's kind of like a 21-day fast. Again. Go again. Go again. Another day. Another day. I'm glad he didn't give up. I'm glad he didn't stop on six. I'm glad he didn't stop on three. Then he came to pass the seventh time that he said, there is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising out of the sea. So he said, go up and say to Ahab, prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you. All he had was a cloud the size of a man's hand. …
… had them brought down to the valley and they slaughtered them there. And then Elijah said to Ahab, go eat and drink for there is the sound of a heavy rain. And Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel and he bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. He did not go on a, hey, look at me, parade. and he said to his servant, go look toward the sea, that's towards the Mediterranean, and he went and looked. There's nothing there, he said. Seven times, Elijah said, go back. Nothing there, go back. Nothing there, go back. I'm telling you, there's nothing there, go back. No, there's still nothing there, go back. I can't, I didn't see anything, go back. The seventh time, the servant reported, a cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea. So Elijah said, go tell Ahab, hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you, before the road turns into a mud pit, get on out of here. …