Saturday 11th May 2019 Prayer Devotion
Scripture Reading:- 1 Kings 17:1-6
Topic:- Five Facts About Ravens [1]
Text:- 1 Kings 17:6
A. Ravens are one of the smartest animals. When it comes to intelligence, these birds rates up with chimpanzees and dolphins.
In one logic test, the raven had to get a hanging piece of food by pulling up a bit of the string, anchoring it with its claw, and repeating until the food was in reach.
Many Ravens got the food on the first try, some within 30 seconds. In the wild, Ravens have pushed rocks on people to keep them from climbing to their nests, stolen fish by pulling a fishermen line out of ice holes, and played dead beside a beaver carcass to scare other Ravens away from a delicious feast. Still with all these, it didn’t miss the way to Elijah. See 1 Kings 17:4,6.
B. Ravens are seen as evil in disguise. Many cultures took one look at this large black bird with an intense gaze and thought it was evil in the flesh, feather.
In France, people believed Ravens were the souls of wicked priests, while crows were wicked nuns.
In Germany, Ravens were the incarnation of damned souls or sometimes Satan himself.
In Sweden, Ravens that croaked at night were thought to be the souls of murdered people who didn’t have proper Christian burials.
And in Denmark, people believed that at night, Ravens were exorcise spirits, and you’d better not look up at them in case there was a hole in the bird’s wing, because you might look through the hole and turn into a Raven yourself.
That was the same bird sent by God to feed Elijah. This goes without saying that God is unlimited in power and authority. He created all beings and He can command or instruct them to do His bidding as He wills.
Prayer Points:-
1. Oh Lord God, make me a winner and spiritual giant in You henceforth by fire, in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Oh Lord God, fill me with Your wisdom, knowledge and understanding, and also with Your intelligence, in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. Oh Lord God, help me to be greater than my parents, and my heaven to be real at the end of my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.
4. Oh Lord God, make me to be useful for myself, my family, my Church and my generation henceforth, in the name of Jesus Christ.
5. Oh Lord God, let me be available for Your use and be of help anytime You want me henceforth, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have A Blessed Saturday!
