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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

James 5:17 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયાકૂબનો પત્ર ૫:૧૭
એલિયા સ્વભાવે આપણા જેવો માણસ હતો. પણ તેણે પ્રાર્થનામાં વિનંતી કરી કે ‘વરસાદ વરસે નહિ;’ તેથી સાડાત્રણ વરસ સુધી ભૂમિ પર વરસાદ વરસ્યો નહિ.
हिन्दीयाकूब ५:१७
एलिय्याह भी तो हमारे समान दुःख-सुख भोगी मनुष्य था; और उसने गिड़गिड़ाकर प्रार्थना की ; कि बारिश न बरसे; और साढ़े तीन वर्ष तक भूमि पर बारिश नहीं हुई। (1 राजा. 17:1)

In context

15and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

16Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

19Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

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