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THE REVIVAL ROOM: MAKING SPACE FOR GOD TO MOVE (6)

Times Of Refreshing Daily Devotional

Date: Monday, 14 April 2025

Focus: Shut the Door


Message:

Revival doesn’t start in crowds—it starts in hearts that make room. Learn to prepare your life to host a move of God.


Key Verse:

📖 2 Kings 4:10 – “Let’s make a small room… and put in it a bed, a table…”


Devotional:

Sometimes, the most powerful moves of God happen behind closed doors. In 2 Kings 4:33, when Elisha was about to raise the dead boy, he went into the room and shut the door behind him. There’s a time for public fire, but there’s a deeper flame that’s kindled in private surrender. When you shut the door, you separate yourself from distraction, noise, and performance. You create sacred space where Heaven meets earth, where dead things come alive again, and where the weight of God’s glory rests.


📖 Scripture Reading:

2 Kings 4:33“He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord.”
Matthew 6:6“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen…”


💧 Refreshing for the Day:

Beloved, revival begins publicly—but is sustained privately. Your revival room needs moments of privacy. Some things won’t resurrect until you shut the door. Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to pray. He wasn’t hiding—He was hosting. The fire that falls in secret will carry you in public. So, where is your “door” moment? Make time today to disconnect from distractions and go into that place where it’s just you and God. No phone, no audience, no agenda. Just fire. Just presence. Just Him. Stay Refreshed!


Note This:

Closed doors in secret unlock open doors in the Spirit.


🛡️ Responsibility:

  1. Choose 30 minutes today to literally or spiritually “shut the door.” Turn off your phone, go somewhere quiet, and give God your full attention.
  2. Journal what He speaks, what He heals, or what He resurrects.

🙏 Prayer:

Father, I shut the door today—not to run away, but to run toward You. In the quiet, meet me. In the silence, speak to me. In the stillness, set me on fire again. Let what is hidden in You empower me for what’s ahead. In Jesus’ name, Amen!


🔥 Prophetic Declaration:

I am hidden in God! Behind the closed door, I am revived, refined, and refueled. Fire falls in my private place, and I carry it boldly in public! In Jesus’ name, Amen!


📖 Bible Texts:

2 Kings 4:10, 2 Kings 4:33, Matthew 6:6


As always, thank you for reading and until next time. May today’s Times of Refreshing refresh, encourage and empower you! For previous devotionals, please visit: www.thefountspring.org

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Obiorah, Emeka Prince is a Gospel Servant, an author, a counsellor, a teacher and a minister of the Word. He is a versatile writer and a blogger. He has written many articles published online. He is a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, (CCRN). He is the author of Times of Refreshing Online Daily Devotional, a daily online devotional that was borne out of the inspiration and direction of the Holy Spirit. It ushers fresh breath into the souls of men, while refreshing and nourishing his spiritual wellbeing. He is the Founder and the Chairman Board of Trustee of The Fount Spring Empowerment Foundation, a non-governmental Organization formed to be a source of help to humanity towards empowering the people. He is happily married to Vivian and proud father to Testimony and Thanksgiving.