ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES

(From October 25, 2010)
God has been speaking to us here at Abundant Life in such a prophetic way. It has been awesome and humbling to say the least! In early September when in the middle of an intense Worship Service the Spirit led me to 1 Kings18:41 when the prophet Elijah said, “I hear the sound of an abundance of rain.” We have not been the same ministry since. The promise of rain is so exciting because it represents refreshing, reviving, growth, life, and prosperity. So, forgive me if I take a minute to praise and celebrate, I’ll be right back…….O.K. I’m back.

God has set a natural law in motion for rain...Job 28:26 (NKJV) - He made a LAW for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt.” What does this law consist of? What is the process God made for rain? This cycle is made up of four main parts: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, and Collection. Now that we know there is a set law for natural rain, I am even hungrier (or should I say thirstier) to find out the Law for the Spiritual Rain cycle!

First, it must start with evaporation or in other words, loss. In order for God to send the rain we must be willing to lose some things in our life! Elijah said in 1 Kings 8 that the reason there would be a drought was because the people were living in sin, but when they repented then rain would be released. Isaiah 30:22-23 says, “You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, and the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, “Get away!” 23 Then He will give the rain for your seed with which you sow the ground...” Do you see that? When they “lost” or got rid of their sin, then God released the rain. If we are REALLY DESPERATE for a new, powerful, life changing move of God we MUST be willing to lose anything or anybody that is hindering the conditions of rain.


The next thing we have to do to have the perfect conditions for rain is…..(this is my suspense builder)……….pray. I am not just talking about a five minute prayer. I am talking about a lifestyle of prayer. The condensation/precipitation process is when many tiny water droplets are evaporated into the sky and there are so many droplets that they begin to collide into each other, and when they collide they join together to form bigger droplets. After enough of them have joined together through constant collisions they get so heavy that gravity can’t hold them any longer and they begin to fall. What did Elijah do to call forth the rain and end the drought? He got in the posture of prayer and began to pray. What did Samuel do to cause the heavens to release the rain? He called on the Lord! Our lifestyle of prayer sends up so many declarations that they begin to collide and join together and the next thing you know….Spiritual gravity can’t hold the answers back a second longer and the rain begins. You are literally setting the conditions for rain in your life!


The last thing we need to do to cause the rain? Live a lifestyle of “Total Devotion” and obedience. Dueteronomy 11:13-14 – “13 So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul- 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.” Total Devotion means EVERY single area of your life is devoted to God’s will. Your relationships, your finances, your job, your marriage, your music, your t.v., your private and secluded times….Total Devotion includes your whole life.


I could continue but I am going to stop here. Just read this last statement and never forget it. God would RATHER send forth the rains from heaven then hold back the rains, but we must make sure the conditions in our life and churches are prime for the rains to build and fall!