Elijah Prequel: Remember

1. Read Deuteronomy 4:1-23 and 1 Kings 16:21-34. 1 Kings 16 describes the spiritual and political condition of Israel (Northern Kingdom) just prior to Elijah coming on the scene. How did a people who experienced so much of God’s favor fall into such a desperate state?
2. What are some truths/commands they failed to remember?
3. Read the following Psalms. In what different situations did the psalmist remember God and His work?

Psalm 42:1-5—

Psalm 63:6-8—

Psalm 77:1-12—

Psalm 119:49-56—

4. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. How does remembering the gospel help us remember who we are?
5. Read the following scriptures. How did a memory of God’s past work create a desire for revival?

Lamentations 3:19-24, 40-42—

Habakkuk 3:2—

Psalm 44:1-3, 23-26—

Psalm 143:5-12—