6 sermons preach from 1 Kings 19 in real church libraries — each one transcribed, summarized, and indexed to the verse. Jump to the exact moment a verse is quoted, or open the full sermon.
“Elijah — 1st Kings chapter 19, verses 1 through 8 (the passage about Elijah prophesying to Israel).”
“Elijah ran to Beersheba, went a day's journey into the wilderness, collapsed under a juniper tree, and an angel provided bread and water for him.”
Final session of a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions, focusing on doubt through the story of Thomas. Main takeaways: doubt is a natural emotion, identify specific doubts, bring them to Jesus, correct your focus from what you see to God, and accept God's affirmation so faith can grow.
“Elijah — 1st Kings chapter 19, verses 1 through 8 (the passage about Elijah prophesying to Israel).”
Rev. Bradley Tucker opens a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions with a first message on anxiety. Using the example of Elijah, he outlines a three-step pastoral response—isolate (find quiet to be with God), explain (tell God your burdens), and restoration (trust God to provide and restore)—and gives practical and ministerial applications for believers facing anxiety during uncertain times.
“After Jezebel's threat Elijah fled and hid under a juniper (broom) tree, praying that he might die.”
Using Mark 2:1–12 (the paralytic lowered through the roof) the speaker argues that desperate times demand radical, action-oriented faith: believers must take risks to bring others to Jesus, prioritize spiritual healing over merely physical cures, and trust God’s sovereignty even in suffering.
“He himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under the juniper tree...an angel touched him and said unto him, Arise and eat...and he arose and did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God, and he came thither unto a cave.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“Elijah went under a juniper (broom) tree in the wilderness and sat there, saying 'It is enough' — even asking the Lord to take his life.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“Elijah went under a juniper tree, said 'Lord, it is enough,' an angel fed him, and he went in the strength of that food for 40 days and 40 nights.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die; and as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, then an angel touched him and said, 'Arise and eat.'”
Rev. Bradley Tucker opens a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions with a first message on anxiety. Using the example of Elijah, he outlines a three-step pastoral response—isolate (find quiet to be with God), explain (tell God your burdens), and restoration (trust God to provide and restore)—and gives practical and ministerial applications for believers facing anxiety during uncertain times.
“We were focusing on 1 Kings chapter 19 verse 4 (Elijah requested for himself under the juniper tree).”
A Bible study on controlling fear that contrasts natural emotion with the Spirit, reviews King Jehoshaphat's response to a national threat, and gives three practical, faith-centered steps: be authentic about fear, be intentional to seek the Lord, and engage the community in prayer and fasting while trusting God to deliver.
“The Lord said, 'arise and eat' — So Elijah got up and ate, and then he went and took a nap; after he ate he went in the strength of that meat for forty days and forty nights, and the Lord asked, 'What doest thou here?'.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“1 Kings 19:5-8 describes an angel touching Elijah, providing bread and water, telling him the journey is too great, and Elijah being strengthened.”
A Bible study on controlling fear that contrasts natural emotion with the Spirit, reviews King Jehoshaphat's response to a national threat, and gives three practical, faith-centered steps: be authentic about fear, be intentional to seek the Lord, and engage the community in prayer and fasting while trusting God to deliver.
“The angel touched him, 'Arise and eat'; there was bread baking and a cruse of water, he ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights.”
Rev. Bradley Tucker opens a three-week Bible study on controlling emotions with a first message on anxiety. Using the example of Elijah, he outlines a three-step pastoral response—isolate (find quiet to be with God), explain (tell God your burdens), and restoration (trust God to provide and restore)—and gives practical and ministerial applications for believers facing anxiety during uncertain times.
“And then Elijah went 40 days off and away, and he was strengthened.”
A Bible study on controlling fear that contrasts natural emotion with the Spirit, reviews King Jehoshaphat's response to a national threat, and gives three practical, faith-centered steps: be authentic about fear, be intentional to seek the Lord, and engage the community in prayer and fasting while trusting God to deliver.
““The Lord said, what doest thou here?” and the speaker echoes Elijah: “they have slain your prophets, and I alone am left,” expressing Elijah’s jealousy and complaint.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
““Nasha, what doest thou here?” — the speaker echoes the Lord asking, prompting movement to another level.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“I have been jealous for the Lord God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I even am left alone.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“And it was so, then Elijah heard it and he wrapped his face in his mantle...and behold there came a voice unto him...and he said, I have been jealous for the Lord God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant.”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“And it was so then Elijah heard it and he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entering of the cave; behold there came a voice unto him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?”
A preaching on God calling believers and the church to a higher level using Elijah's story as the model: avoid stagnation and disobedience, receive God's provision, arise and move forward, and embrace mentorship as the church advances.
“So Elijah went from there and found Elisha... Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah; 'Let me kiss my father and my mother goodbye,' he said, and he took the yoke of oxen and slaughtered them.”
A three-part exhortation to surrender to your current season in ministry — the season of training, the season of hard work, and the season of dreaming. Speakers urge listeners to embrace preparation over promotion, imitate Jesus’ discipline and persistence, remove safety nets (no Plan B), be specific about kingdom dreams, and submit to leaders’ assessment of one’s season.
Every reference on this page was extracted from the transcript of a real sermon in a public Sermon Mind church library. Quotes reflect each preacher’s own reading of the text.