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Break Through Your Spiritual Droughts

DAY 9 OF 10

Praying for the Rain

For the past few devotionals we have been seeking to understand what causes a spiritual drought, and then how we can break that drought if indeed we are in one.

Here is what I want you to understand. Even if you earnestly seek God and repent of sin in your life, or you shift your focus and say, “God, I’m putting Your house first, and I’m going to put other people before myself,” or perhaps God leads you to do something of a personal nature, you still need to pray for the rain.

Do not just assume God’s blessing will automatically fall. You still need to ask for it. Zechariah 10:1 teaches us this truth,

Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field for everyone.

I used to read that and wonder, “God, I don’t understand. If it is the time of the latter rain, if it is rainy season, why ask for rain? Won’t it just fall automatically?” If it is rainy season, why pray for rain?”

Because you cannot assume that it is automatically going to fall.

In James 5:17-18 there is a story about Elijah from 1 Kings 18. James gives us the very, very, very short version. But it tells us something significant,

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

What caused the rain to stop? His prayer. What caused the rain to fall again? His prayer.

Ask God today for the blessing of His rain in your life!

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Break Through Your Spiritual Droughts

Do you feel far from God, tired, or spiritually dry? If you do experience spiritual drought, there’s a reason for it. Pastor Bayless Conley shares several potential causes for drought and what you can do to cause the amazing rain of God's blessing and presence to fall in your life once again!

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