1. Sometimes
during the night
you cannot sleep,
talk to the
Shepherd and
stop counting
sheep.
Author; unknown
Message by; Pastor Juanito D. Samillano Jr.

2. 1 Kings 18; 30-37 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, “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
kilograms 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.”

3.  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.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, and that you are turning
their hearts back again.”

4. Theme; The Prayer of Elijah
 “Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of
the soul. It is daily admission of one's
weakness. It is better in prayer to
have a heart without words than
words without a heart.”
 Mahatma Gandhi quotes
 Indian Philosopher

5. What Does Elijah Did before he Prayed?
 1; He invited the people, “Come here”
 2; He repaired the altar of the Lord
 3; he took twelve's stone as a symbols of the
twelve tribes of the Israel.
 4; dug a trench around the altar
 5; he arrange the wood
 6; fills with waters around the altar then the
water ran down from the altar
 7; he stepped forward and Prayed
He organized first what is necessary
before he Pray?

6. Why Elijah asked the people to come?
 The people were already on the place
where Elijah was, but not enough, their
hearts and lives are far before God
(Sinners, wicked).
 When we expect something from God
we must come nearer (Closer) as what
prophet Elijah does to the People;
(Come Here)
 It is not enough that we are in the right
place (Church), transformation (turning
away from sin) is a must.

7.  What was the meaning of the phrase
“repaired the altar for us today?
 Altar- literally, refers to the place where we
put our offerings and sacrifices
But the scripture refers, not only to repair the
literal altar in Matthew 5:24 Jesus said, New
International Version
leave your gift, there in front of the altar. First
go and be Reconciled to your brother; then
come and offer your gift.
Refers to Reconciliation

8. Why Elijah took a stone? What was the
meaning of that stone?
 Joshua 4; 4-7 “So Joshua called together the twelve
men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from
each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the
ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the
Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his
shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the
Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the
future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these
stones mean?’ 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan
was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan
were cut off. These stones are to be a
memorial to the people of Israel forever.”

9. The stones represents to…
 the Grace of God happened in the
past that brings us of what we have
today.
 The entire Israelites forgot of what the
blessing they have receive from God
in the past

10. Why prophet Elijah stepped forward
before he Pray?
 It was a demonstration that, this was the need of the
peoples.
 Step forward -it means, take action" come forward, step
up, come out act, move - perform an action, or work out or
perform.
 This is what the Lord wants to see in us today, our
“ACTION (PERFORMANCE)”.
 James 2; 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I
have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I
will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that
there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe
and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man,
that faith without works is dead?

11. Application
 A; it is not enough to be in the church (attend),
but we need to come closer before God.
V37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people
will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you
are turning their hearts back again.”
 B; when we pray we must organized everything
we need before we come into prayer
 C; let us repair the Altar, NOT THE LITERAL
ALTAR but our Hearts before the Lord
 D; Transformation is what the needs of today's
generation.