MFM Daily Devotional 24th September 2026 – Persistent Prayer

The weapon of persistent prayer produces outstanding results. It did for the widow in Luke 18:1-8. It did for Elijah when he prayed for rain in Israel. That was the type of prayer that Daniel prayed for 21 days on a particular issue. He refused to give up until he received an answer. He just kept praying until after 21 days when the angel of the Lord came to him and said: “Daniel, since the first day, the Lord had answered but when I was bringing the reply, the prince of Persia met me and has been fighting with me.” If Daniel had stopped praying, the angel would not have had enough power to come with answers to him.

This incident in the Bible shows that there are three heavens. There is the heaven which we call the sky or firmament, where we see the sun, the moon, etc. The second heaven is where evil spirits reside. Remember, the Bible talks about spiritual wickedness in high places. This is the headquarters of principalities and powers. Then, there is the third heaven, the throne of God. Prayer becomes hard sometimes, because it has to pass through the first and second heavens, before it gets to the third heaven. Evil forces try their best to prevent it from passing through to the third heaven. It must struggle to get there before the expected miracle can happen. To obtain an answer to your prayer, it has to reach the third heaven. Hence, there is need for persistence and perseverance in prayer. There is praying in the spirit and praying with understanding.

When you pray with understanding, you do it with your brain, your mind and your intelligence. You are limited by your vocabulary or your knowledge. But, when you pray in the spirit, you connect to the power that brings confusion into the camp of the devil. If you cannot pray in the spirit, you need to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You must therefore covet it, until you are so baptised. Whether you pray in the spirit or with understanding, do not stop until you have your desired result.

MFM DEVOTIONAL PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Father, give me the spirit of prayer and supplication, in the name of Jesus.
2. I receive the grace to be persistent in prayer and get great results, in the name of Jesus.
3. The fire on my prayer altar will not go out, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Every prince of persia assigned against my prayers, die, in the name of Jesus.
5. Anything delaying answer to my prayers, your time is up; scatter, in the name of Jesus.
6. Enemies of my glorious change, scatter, in the name of Jesus.
7. Father, let the arrow of my prayer locate the forehead of my Goliath, in the name of Jesus.