Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are. And he prayed earnestly (with serious conviction) that it might not rain: and it rained not “on the earth,” (for) three years and six months, James 5:17. And he prayed again, And THE HEAVEN GAVE RAIN, and the earth brought forth her fruit, V.18. The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man or woman avails much, V.16(b).

… Let every person take heed how (you) build on the foundation (I have laid as a master builder,) 1st Corinthians 3:10, for other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, Which Is JESUS CHRIST, V.11.