Prayer Topic
That God will prepare His people to receive the latter rain and the seal of God.
Prayer Focus
Prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit’s latter rain.
Scripture Reading
“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month” (Joel 2:23).
Devotional
The Bible tells us to pray for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit. The prophet Zechariah wrote, “Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field” (Zechariah 10:1). As we see prophetic events unfolding around us, we should pray earnestly for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit. However, there is also a work for us to do in preparation for receiving the latter rain. “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you” (Hosea 10:12). The hard ground of our “fallow hearts” must be broken up through repentance for sin. Without this repentance and turning away from sin, we can never experience the blessing of the latter rain. Pray today that God will send the latter rain in His appointed time. Pray that you will be prepared to receive it.
Prayer Promise
“Strength and grace can be found in prayer. Sincere love is to be the ruling principle of the heart” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 476).