I would think most people believe in prayer at some level. This is especially true in crisis. Many people, regardless of religious affiliation, or none, are drawn to prayer in tough times. Jesus provided instruction on prayer.

ive foot, nine inches tall, 229 pounds. Reading these stats you’d might think of a bit overweight individual you may work with, or your next door neighbor. Instead those dimensions described a former National Football League Pro Bow Linebacker, Sam Mills. Sam Mills played fifteen years in the NFL; twelve of those with the Carolina Panthers.

In First Kings Chapter 18 we read a slice of the Prophet Elijah’s story. Two significant things happen in this chapter. He confronts the false prophets of Baal (I Kings 18:1-40). It was the biblical version of the ‘OK Corral,’ (you may be too young to grasp this analogy…google it). Elijah and the prophets of Baal met to decide who was going to run this town? Baal? Or the true God of the Universe? Elijah wins this shootout.