Pray, Then, In This Way - Part 1: From Him, Through Him, To Him (Santosh Poonen)

“The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of Divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.” (Charles H. Spurgeon) God wants to breathe into our spiritual being like He did into Adam's physical being (Genesis 2:7). God wants us to “breathe (in our spiritual beings) without ceasing”! (I Thessalonians 5:17) Prayer is communion with God: from His breath, flowing through His Spirit in us, back to Him. (Matthew 6:9-13; Romans 11:36) Elijah's prayer was from God (I Kings 18:1,36) and his only goal was to exalt God and His promises (v31,37); that's why it was answered.