36 At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command. 37 O Lord, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O Lord, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”
38 Immediately the fire of the Lord flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench! 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, “The Lord—he is God! Yes, the Lord is God!” 1 kings 18:36-39
Father of glory, God of yesterday, today, and forever, we come before you and we recognize the powerful works you did in days of old. we thank you for your prophet Elijah, someone who, living in a age of darkness, was faithful to you to take a stand to declare that you are God.
God i'm asking for Elijahs to be raised up in your church at UCSD. God i'm asking for you to raise up believers who are radical, bold, passionate, relentless, and will pursue you at whatever the cost. God i'm asking for believers who fear you more than they fear man--that they would not care about their reputation for the sake of proclaiming your truth boldly. God i'm asking for believers among intervarsity and other christian fellowships at UCSD to be radically committed to obedience to your word, that we would be a people filled with love. let us be a people of prayer, people who cry out to you on our knees to ask you to come in power. let our prayers be bold, filled with faith, and relentless. let our cries be genuine, and our hearts persistent.
God i'm asking for another demonstration of your power today. i'm asking for a clear demonstration of your power through the Holy Spirit at UCSD. God, i'm asking that many hearts will be moved and convicted by your power and truth. God i'm asking for another mighty move of power, that every soul on campus will not be able to deny that you are the one true God. whether it is fire from heaven, signs and wonders, or a movement of profound, spirit-led, radical acts of love, God i'm asking for power to be demonstrated by your people, power that every heart at UCSD would be moved. let there be a repentance of souls, and for souls to be swept into your kingdom.
God i'm asking for another powerful move of your Spirit, that every person would fall to the ground in worship of you as the one true God. send rain, send fire, God send revival to UCSD.
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study the life of elijah. read 1 kings 18. ask God to raise up present-day elijahs among us.
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