3. By Prayer and Fasting
There is an amazing story in Mark 9. Jesus had been on the Mount of Transfiguration with Peter, James and John. When they come down from the mountain the other disciples are in a quandary. A man has brought his son to them to be healed and the disciples had prayed over him but there was no result so the disciples ask Jesus why they couldn’t drive out the evil spirit. Jesus replied that this could only be done by prayer. However, the remarkable thing is that Jesus did not pray. The reason that Jesus did not pray was not because He was God but because He had prayed in private. When you read the Gospel of Mark you notice that Jesus did spend a great deal of time in prayer. It was the same with Elijah. He had spent many hours and days praying while he was in solitude so that when he came to the offering on Mount Carmel he knew that God would answer his prayer.
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