🌾 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”” 1 Kings 18 opens with these words: “After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”” The line to keep is 1 Kings 18:37: “Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”” Carry the word “hear” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is 1 Kings 18:37: “Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in 1 Kings 18? Then try this: Read “Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.