10). “And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

11). Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

12). And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.”

—2 Kings 1:10-12 (KJV)

Good morning, God’s people!

Let’s continue our journey on results today by the hand of God. I pray that our lives be blessed through His Word this morning, in Jesus’ name.

We have been studying how to obtain excellent and accurate results, and so far we’ve examined honor, integrity, gifts, values, and relationships.

Today, we move to the next key to activating excellent and accurate levels of results:

5. Prayers — Result-Provoking Prayers

Let me bring us into this understanding: You can use prayer to provoke and call forth mighty, excellent, and accurate levels of results, sir.

Some of you are too casual — you do not have an effective and fire-filled prayer life. And if you continue this way, it is very possible you may never experience mighty and excellent results.

This is where many believers are today. You have tried everything else to provoke results except prayer. But don’t forget what Scripture says:

“Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.” —Psalm 74:20 (KJV)

Sir, I know you are good, kind, devoted, and hardworking. You honor people. You walk in integrity. You carry giftings and values. But have you forgotten that the world is a cruel place? People are wicked for no reason.

Child of God, if you don’t pray and carry power, you will do everything else and still not have results.

This is someone’s reality today. Wake up and fire prayer!

Sir, results are important. Some results are what you need to destroy the works of the devil and scatter the gatherings of the enemy — just like Elijah did in our anchor scripture today.

We will continue with this key called Prayer, and move into Favor-Provoking Prayers in the next devotion.

Are you ready to pray?

Good morning once again!