Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” –1 Kings 17:1
In Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. –Luke 4:25
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. –Mark 4:39 (This was actually a wind-stopping prayer, not a rain-stopping one.)
Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. –James 5:17-18
Walking and jumping, and praising God. –Acts 3:8
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!” –Luke 10:17
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Daniel Jennings, The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley, ch. 12.
John Wimber, Power Healing
Charles and Frances Hunter, How to Heal the Sick
Joan Carroll Cruz, Mysteries Marvels Miracles, ch. 29: “Rain, Snow, and Ice”
Faith Like Potatoes (2006) – a missionary movie: the reverse is done: Angus Buchan prays for rain to come and water down a farm fire. I didn’t see this movie until 2009 or so. I had prayed for rain-stopping miracles before I saw this. The movie just confirmed it…
