Prayer is essentially man standing before his God in wonder, awe, and humility; man, made in the image of God, responding to his maker.
George Appleton
James 5:16-18
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit. (HCSB)
George Appleton
James 5:16-18
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit. (HCSB)
How is your prayer life going? Maybe the question should be do you have a prayer life? I only say that because of the difficulty of keeping any schedule in today’s busy world. There are some important facts that we must not ignore in our instructions to seek our God, for it is through our times alone with Him that we receive power to live powerfully in the Gospel.
We find confession as one of the first steps of successful praying in James 5, and not just for ourselves, but for others as well, and it is important for our healing. We are to recognize our need for healing, and also desire to be remade, and renewed. Again, it is important to recognize the condition of the heart that is praying, we are also to be concerned for one another.
Now look at the type of prayer that is offered. It is described by James as “Intense” prayer. Now that is not a quick prayer or a shallow request. It is time spent on our knees deeply searching out God’s will for others, and for ourselves. It is sincerely desiring to experience God’s best so that the Glory of God might be revealed in the lives of the Church, to direct the world’s attention to our Savior…God Bless.
Pastor William
We find confession as one of the first steps of successful praying in James 5, and not just for ourselves, but for others as well, and it is important for our healing. We are to recognize our need for healing, and also desire to be remade, and renewed. Again, it is important to recognize the condition of the heart that is praying, we are also to be concerned for one another.
Now look at the type of prayer that is offered. It is described by James as “Intense” prayer. Now that is not a quick prayer or a shallow request. It is time spent on our knees deeply searching out God’s will for others, and for ourselves. It is sincerely desiring to experience God’s best so that the Glory of God might be revealed in the lives of the Church, to direct the world’s attention to our Savior…God Bless.
Pastor William
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