SERMONS ON 1 KINGS
Our sermon ideas on 1 Kings will help you preach a powerful message on how covenant relationship is affected by Israel's leadership. Preach on topics including Solomon's wisdom and reign, the building and dedication of the temple, Elijah calling down fire, and the reign of other kings in Israel and Judah. Prepare your messages on God's Word in 1 Kings with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Touched By An Angel: Overcoming The Demon
by Joe Alain
''Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, 'Arise and eat.''' 1 Kings 19:5 In the television series ''Touched By An Angel,'' people in crises discover that they are not alone in their struggles. Angels in human form intervene in the lives of people who are in need of desperate help. Some are caught up in the self-destructive bondage of addictions. Others have lost loved ones and are angry at God. Some are overcome by feelings of guilt, shame, loneliness, fear, self-pity, and despair. Perhaps the show has been so popular because it taps into so many of life's experiences and hurts....
Because He Lives - Life's worth the Living (3 of 3)
by Stan Coffey
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives all fear is gone. Because He lives I know He holds the future. And then today's message, life is worth the living, because He lives. Well, we read here about a man who said, life is not worth living. I Kings 19:1-4 ''Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with a sword. So Jezebel sent a message to Elijah to say, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.' And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. And when he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there...
Giving When You Don't Have It
by Daniel Rodgers
Have you ever been in a tight spot in life when there just didn't seem to be enough to make ends meet? Your finances were such that you didn't know how you were going to make things work out? I think most of us have at had that experience at one time or the other. Such was the case with the poor widow who lived in Zarephath, a coastal town near the Mediterranean Sea. Elijah, God's prophet, had called for a drought upon King Ahab and the house of Israel because of their rebellion and their worship of the god, Baal-the drought would last 3 years, bringing both famine and disaster. As soon as Elijah called for the...
Unguarded Moments (17 of 49)
by John Barnett
This morning think about the unguarded moments of your life as we examine again the life of David. We will see this morning that in David's life--unguarded moments led to sin; sin had inevitable consequences that led to pain; painful godly sorrow brought repentance, and humble obedience led to joy! All that is what David learned in the most horrible time of his life. As we open to 1st Kings 15 we are looking at David, the most commemorated man in God's Word. We are returning to the life that God wrote the most about in the book He left us called the Bible. We have already seen over these past weeks, that God gave His Divine...
On the Road with Elijah to Cherith (1 of 13)
by Ken Trivette
1. I must confess that my favorite Old Testament personality is Elijah. He is the kind of person that attracts me. He makes me think of the kind of preachers that just rear back and let's it rip. I grew up under the kind of preachers in the mountains of North Carolina that knew one gear and that was wide open. When they finished preaching, if they still had their tie on, their shirt-tail was still in their pants, the socks were dry, and they could talk on Monday morning, they hadn't preached. Elijah was the kind of preacher who meant what he said and said what he meant. 2. As well, his life is one that leaves the soul saying ''the LORD God of Israel...
The God Who Is Bigger
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: A Revival can take place only when people fully understand who God is. A few of years back, someone in Florida launched a billboard campaign, sponsored by an anonymous client, who tried to do just that: help people understand who God was. The campaign depicted several different "messages from God" and all were signed "God." For example: 1. Let's Meet at My House Sunday Before the Game. I personally thought these were pretty clever, but sometime after these billboards had made national news, I found myself listening to a radio preacher out of Indianapolis who had problems with these billboards, particularly the ones that sounded ominous and judgmental like the following...
Mixed Motives
by Christopher Harbin
Fairy tales, Hollywood, and comic books tend to separate people into neat categories of good and evil. We are used to that way of categorizing people. It makes it difficult for us to make more accurate assessments of others and even of ourselves. Light and dark, black and white, good and evil is the way we want to distinguish people, make decisions, and categorize people, systems, and things according to worth or value. Deep down, we know better. It often takes more effort to deal with these deeper definitions than we are willing to give, however. We want the quick answers. We want the simple definitions. We want definitive...
Elijah's Journey
by Tony Nester
What is the spiritual journey like? Are you still on yours? If you're looking for easy answers about the spiritual life, the Bible's not your book. Better that you shop at the self-help section of the nearest book store. There you can find books whose cover show smiling authors beaming with the glow of success, health, and wealth. Their books outline three or five or seven steps to the blessed life which you are sure to find if you follow their advice. The Bible isn't such a book, and the Elijah story is a good example of this key truth: your spiritual journey might become more difficult than you ever expected it to become. So said it Elijah in verse 4: He...
God's Help in Difficult Times
by Thomas Swope
I am getting tired of watching television. I mean I use to be a TVaholic. Now the movies are lousy. The programs stink. And the News! They are keeping us in the dark relative to key news and feeding us worthless information. I am sick and tired of hearing about which new celebrity is going to a rehab clinic. If it weren't for the sports programs I would throw the thing out. It use to be in the old days that false prophets would just lie and say everything is great instead of warning the people of upcoming judgment. Now the media just keeps everybody in the dark as to that's happening. Here are a few things that I have discovered just...
Hope for the Lonely
by Ernest Easley
Now join me for a few minutes this morning in the Old Testament book of 1st Kings 19. We read here the account of Elijah the Prophet fleeing from Queen Jezebel and do you remember why? Well after he called down fire from Heaven on Mt. Carmel defeating the Prophets of Baal and then having them executed the Queen was angry! In fact she was so angry that we read in verse 2, ''Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.'' In other words ''Elijah you have 24 hours to live.'' And we read in verse 3 that he ''ran for...
Learning in Judges: Week 15 (15 of 52)
by Donald Cantrell
In the opening of the book of Judges, the nation of Israel is about to embark upon a new manner of living and leadership. The people would no longer enjoy the leadership of Moses or Joshua, but God would appoint certain Judges over the nation that would lead them for various periods of time.The people are searching for direction and the Lord places his hand upon the tribe of Judah to lead the nation in battling the Canaanites. The tribe of Judah was up to the task, but they in turn asked is the tribe of Simeon would join in and help them to defeat the Canaanites, which they readily accepted.The tribes wasted no time in conquering ten...
Elijah, God's Cure For Blues (7 of 14)
by Jerry Vines
Is this the same man we studied about last Wednesday night? Is this Elijah the prophet who stood on Mount Carmel and stared down the prophets of Baal and challenged the entire nation of Israel? ''How long halt you between two opinions?'' Is this the same man who had all of that courage, all of that power? Is this the same man who is now in the grips of discouragement and despair and depression? In chapter 18 he up on the mountain. One of the highest points of his life and ministry. Now, in chapter 19 he's down in the valley, one of the lowest points in all of his life. In James 5, verse 17 it gives us a commentary about the life...
The Design for Discipleship
by Adrian Rogers
We begin tonight a brand new series on the miracles of Elisha. Elisha is one of the lesser known prophets in the bible but certainly but one of less importance. And there is a great, great benefit and blessing for us in studying the life and ministry of the man called Elisha because he is the prophet of abundant life. And abundant life is God's plan for me, and abundant life is God's plan for you. And the Lord Jesus Christ said in John the tenth chapter and the tenth verse, ''I have come that you might have life and that you might have it abundantly.'' What is abundant life? Well, abundant life is life where all of your needs are being...
Elijah's God Liveth
by Robert Walker
These were terrible times in Israel a nation that had been so wondrously and gloriously touched by God. However, they had turned to idolatry and now they had an extremely wicked king who leads the entire nation astray. (I kings 16:30-33 So God sent a message to the king of Israel through Elijah the prophet. I Kings 17:1 Elijah is one of the most colorful personalities found in the entire Bible. Here in 1 Kings Chapter 17, he appears suddenly upon the scene, he doesn't have a huge introduction, and not a lot is said about his life previous to here in this passage. He comes on the scene during some of Israel's most troubling...
A Father's Responsibility
by Jerry Watts
What comes to your mind when you think of ''King David''. I hate this, but most think of David and Bathsheba. A few will think of David and Goliath, some may think of the Shepherd boy, and few others may think that David didn't kill King Saul when presented with the opportunity. However, most people think of David's one huge mess up and most of the time, we don't think about that in that right way. David's sin began when he went passive as a man, as a King, and even as a leader. Instead of going to war (work) like he should have done, he laid around the house and found himself on that roof-top where the rest of the story and...
The Day Elisha Burned His Plough (1)
by Donald Cantrell
It is given to us by pastors, writers, and musicians as an illustration for how sold out for Jesus we should be when we give our lives to him. It's the story of how we should be like Cortes, the great Spanish explorer who burned his entire fleet upon reaching the destination of his mission. Landing at present-day Veracruz, Mexico, he destroyed his ships so that when the going got rough his men would have no means of retreat. It was do or die trying. No going back, only pressing on. It's a great message and an attitude for which every Christian should strive to emulate. Christ calls us and calls us fully. No cheap grace. We are to die to everything...
Standing Up For God (3 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to, after the worship service, ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. ''Here's a copy of the service,'' he said impatiently. ''But you'll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.'' During the service, the minister paused and said, ''Brothers and Sisters, we are in great...
Misuse of Power (10 of 11)
by Stephen Whitney
One of the most well known quotes is: ''Absolute power corrupts absolutely.'' Absolute monarchies are those in which all power is taken by the king or ruler. Roman emperors declared they were gods and Napoleon Bonaparte declared he was emperor. John Acton was an English politician, historian and writer. In a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887 he wrote, ''Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.'' People use their position and power for their own selfish desires because of their sin nature. The more powerful a person is the more evil they can...
Does It Really Matter What You Believe?
by David Ireland
1 Kings 18:16-21-''16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, ''Is that you, you troubler of Israel?'' 18 ''I have not made trouble for Israel,'' Elijah replied. ''But you and your father's family have. You have abandoned the LORD's commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.'' 20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel....
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