The Power of Prayer

Some time later the woman’s son became sick.
He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what
have you done to me? Have you come here
to point out my sins and kill my son?”

But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he
took the child’s body from her arms, carried him
up the stairs to the room where he was staying,
and laid the body on his bed.

Then Elijah cried out to the Lord,
“O Lord my God, why have you brought tragedy
to this widow who has opened her home to me,
causing her son to die?”

And he stretched himself out over the child
three times and cried out to the Lord,
“O Lord my God, please let this child’s life
return to him.”

The Lord heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the
child returned, and he revived! Then Elijah brought
him down from the upper room and gave him to
his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”

Then the woman told Elijah,
“Now I know for sure that you are a man of God,
and that the Lord truly speaks through you.””
‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭17‬:‭17‬-‭24‬ ‭(NLT)