LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
JUNE 2025
BREAKTHROUGH BY PRAYER
(James 5:16 NIV)
Monday, 30th June
PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS (P.U.S.H)
(1 Kings 18:41,43-44)
“And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not”.
Having learnt all that there is to learn about prayer, it becomes crucial for me to teach you that consistency is what will make the difference, otherwise you will end up as a scholar and not a person of prayer as God intended. Here are a few things to learn from Elijah’s story.
-Make Prayer your lifestyle. Elijah was in constant prayer. He would say, “before God whom I stand”. He was always in prayer before God.
-Elijah would declare a thing and pray it to happen. He said to Ahab, “I hear the sound of abundance of rain”. And then put his head between his knees and literally birthed the rain through prayer.
-He Prayed in faith and expectation. He would pray and check to see if his prayers were being answered. Don’t just pray, expect answers while you pray.
-He was very persistent in prayer. He prayed and sent someone to see if there was an answer, and he kept sending that person to check until there was a sign. That was persistence in prayer as well as insistence for answers. Follow this pattern and you will be fine as you pray.
Action points/Prayer
i. Thank God for today’s word.
ii. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you make prayer your lifestyle.
iii. Pray in faith, expect answers when you pray.
iv. Determine to be persistent in prayer today and going forward.
Nugget
Consistency is what makes the difference; Pray until something happens.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Exodus 13; John 9
EVENING
Isaiah 13
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