Elijah calling down fire from heaven

1 Kings 18:24,31-39 

[24] Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire---he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” [31] Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” [32] With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. [33] He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” [34] “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. [35] The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. [36] At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 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. [37] Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” [38] Then 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. [39] When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord---he is God! The Lord---he is God!”

Miracles always abound at the sidewalks of the abortion center if we open our eyes to see them. I have many wonderful stories that have built my faith steadily over the years that I’ve been a Sidewalk Counselor with Cities 4 Life in front of the busiest abortion center in the Southeast. But yesterday‘s event may have been one of my favorites.

Elijah,  a fellow Sidewalk Counselor pictured in the photo above, was up the street from the abortion center offering our free help, hope, and resources. One of the “pro-choice” women followed him telling him she was going to show him that her God was stronger than his God.

“No car will stop for you, proving that my God is stronger than yours,“ she said.
“We will see whose God is stronger,” Elijah answered, “If my God stops a car, you will know that my God is stronger than yours.”

A few cars passed without stopping, and the “pro-choice“ woman was smirking. But then, a car stopped. Elijah spoke with the driver, offering our resources and told her that her child was precious in the sight of God. It turns out, she had been praying for words from God that would turn her from this path she really did not want to be on. She accepted his offer to go on the HELP Monroe Pregnancy Center RV with the mobile ultrasound unit parked on the curb while the “pro-choice” women watched. 

The woman went on the RV, saw her baby, and was astonished by how developed the little tyke was. She’d had no idea about the extent of the miracle of eager life she carried. She unequivocally and joyfully Chose Life! for her child and Cities 4 Life will be helping her along with our partner ministries.

God does not always show up in this immediate, specific manner. When he does, silencing the spiritual forces of evil so soundly, my heart rejoices.

When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord---he is God! The Lord---he is God!”

Cities 4 Life