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This remodeling project that took place in Elijah’s day sym bolizes a spiritual preparedness that must take place to pave the way for the work of God in our lives. Once completed, the proph et cried out, “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.Answer me, Lord, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you are turning their hearts back again” (1 Kings 18:36,37). According to E.M. Bounds, prominent CivilWar era author and minister, “What the church needs today is not more machin ery, or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use -men of prayer, men mighty in prayer.The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men, men of prayer.” God provides a perfect demonstration of this when Elijah’s prayer paves the way for His: Power - “The fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench” (1 Kings 18:38). Such action points to another time of revival in Scripture.Ten days after Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father, God demonstrated His presence at Pentecost in a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire, after which 3000 souls were saved (Acts 2:2,3,41) Fire in Scripture often depicts the presence of God and power of the Holy Spirit. No road to revival is complete without the Third Member of the Trinity working in, through, and among God’s people. Renowned missionary Lottie Moon, who spent nearly 40 years serving in China, once wrote to friends back in the States, “I feel my weakness and inability to accomplish anything without the aid of the Holy Spirit. Make special prayer for the outpouring of the

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