The two things that God cannot, cannot do. His promises may not be fulfilled the way we want them.

They may not be fulfilled when we want them fulfilled, but he will always keep his promise. He will always fulfill his promise.

So if you already haven't opened your Bibles, and it's First Kings

Chapter 18, but particularly I'm going to focus on verses 41 to 46. Those are very few verses,

but they are loaded, loaded with teaching for each of us to know not only how to pray but what to pray for.

Because here you're going to find Elijah basically in a desperate situation again,

clinging to the promises of God. Now he's been growing. He's been walking with the Lord

in intimacy. He's been developing. Before I get to the text, I want to tell you a couple of things

about the promises of God that of uttermost importance. Do not miss these ones. And if you are taking

notice, I will speak slowly so you can write them down. Some of the promises of God in the Bible

are conditional. Some promises are general in nature. Some promises that God will only answer

when you and I meet the conditions for that promise. I'm going to give you some examples

in a minute. Some conditional, some unconditional. Some of God's promises are personal. That means they

are limited to one person at that time in which God made the promise for that person.

When God made the promise for Elijah to call up fire from heaven.

That is a personal promise.

It's not for every one of us to go and claim, God, I'm going to go down my city, capital city,

and I'm going to call, bring a bull, and then call upon fire from heaven and see if it burns it.

No, no, no, no.

That was a promise, and that was specifically for Elijah. By Elijah standing on mad carmel and calling fire from heaven, he was only doing what God has already promised to him individually.

This is another general promise. In fact, if you look at

verse 41, Elijah tells King Ahab to go home very quickly because the rain is in the forecast.

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