Introduction: 

1. From Life to Death (17-18) 
2. What has happened looks like it doesn’t make sense 
3. God uses this to display his sovereignty over death, and for His Glory 
4. Points forward to Christ 
5. Psalm 77:19, Psalm 119:75 
6. Widows growing faith. 

1. Faithful Prayer (19-21) 
2. Elijah trusts God and pours out his heart to him in prayer 
3. Lessons about prayer urgency of 
4. necessity of 
5. value of secret/private 
6. earnestness of 
7. the art of 
8. perseverance of 
9. boldness of. 

1. From Death to Life (22-24) 
2. Just like Christ with the widow of Nain 
3. Declares the Glory of God 
4. Death temporarily defeated with this first resurrection, points forward to the ultimate defeat of death through Christ 
5. Death still a powerful separator, but not an eternal one 
6. Any death should make us reflect on our own readiness for death. 

Conclusion: