The Spiritual Seasons

Does a believer have different seasons in their spiritual life? Yes, of course! These seasons teach us different things to make us better people and to be deep-rooted in GOD and His promises. Many people fail to identify these different seasons in their lives, and...

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 17:1 To wait means, to stay where one is, till a particular time or until something else happens. In one’s spiritual life, waiting is of prime importance. GOD calls, anoints and equips us for the real battlefield during the waiting period. It...

The preparation/waiting period includes certain elements: 1. It starts with intimacy with the LORD Being intimate with GOD means to become a person who knows the heart of GOD, to be a person according to His heart. If we have an intimate friend, we will talk, meet,...

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 17:1-14 With the command and valor of GOD, Elijah came to King Ahab and prophesied before him: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” (Vs. 1). We see...

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 17:17-24 Elijah and the rest of the people were fed through the provision given by the LORD. And we can say that Elijah’s faith soared when GOD heard and provided for him, when they were in need. The faith season is always followed by a season...

  Reading Portion: 1 Kings 18:1-15 GOD was silent about the famine and the situation in Israel for three years. But people still followed pagan gods and its servants. Hardships never made Israel repent before GOD. But GOD knew a way to bring the people back to...

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 18:16-22 Once Obadiah became the messenger of Elijah, to King Ahab, he is seen no more on the scene. GOD uses us to be His messengers to bring glory to Him. Obadiah can be compared to John the Baptist, who came to make the way for JESUS....

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 18:23-39 Though it seems weird in our sight, a zealous man of GOD acts in a way beyond that of normal human understanding. “And the GOD who answers by fire, He is GOD.” Elijah had confidence in his relationship with the LORD and so he declared...

Reading Portion: 1 Kings 18:40-46 Elijah proved who the real GOD is and the people turned back to the LORD when they saw the sacrifice burnt by fire from above. His zealous act did not stop with that. He asked the people to seize the prophets of Baal and kill them. A...

  Reading Portion: 1 Kings 19:1-4 When Jezebel heard what Elijah had done to the prophets of Baal, she became furious. Ahab had no stand to prove to Jezebel who the true GOD is, as he was influenced by the wrong practices that his wife led him to. The husband is...