Topic: THE PRAYER LIFE OF ELIJAH  [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 19 April  2023

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

WEDNESDAY APRIL 19TH, 2023

THE PRAYER LIFE OF ELIJAH

James 5:16-18 (LB)

Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results. Elijah was as completely human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for the next three and a half years! Then he prayed again, this time that it would rain, and down it poured, …

Something positive that we see in the New Testament about the way Elijah prayed is his faith and consistency in prayers. Elijah’s prayers affected both the weather and the economy of an entire nation. The reason he was able to do this, was because he prayed in line with God’s word.

In 1Kings 18:41-45, Elijah told Ahab there would be an abundance of rain, then he went up the mountain to pray earnestly until he saw a sign that the rain was coming. He did not give up. He prayed and held on to God’s word till there was a divine confirmation and manifestation. At the beginning of that chapter, 1Kings 18:1b says, “…the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.” When Elijah had a contest with the prophets of Baal and called down fire on the animal sacrifice, he also said he did it at God’s word, (1Kings 18:36).

There is however something Elijah did that we are not supposed to emulate. When the disciples of Jesus wanted to call down fire to kill people just like Elijah did twice in 2Kings 1, Jesus, “…turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:55-56 (NKJV).

Action Point:
Use God’s word to pray about every desire on your heart right now. Forgive and bless those who may have hurt you

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