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Terry R. Baughman

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16 NKJ).
God responds to prayer. He has given many assurances that He will answer when we simply call out to Him in our time of need. Sometimes prayer is just a desperate cry, a whispered plea, or a petition with very few words. Whatever the method or reason, prayer is our sincere request to God for intervention. God will hear us when we pray!

James compared our most effective prayer to the prophet Elijah. He wrote, “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (James 5:17-18 NKJ). Simple prayers answered with incredible results. God backed the prophets prayer and withheld the rain until the day that Elijah prayed again for the rain to return. It was a dramatic sign from heaven agains the false prophets of his day. The miraculous event was to demonstrate the power of the God of Israel, the one true eternal God!

It’s not so much about us as it is about aligning ourselves with God’s purpose. What is God desiring to show this world through us? When we pray, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” we can expect incredible things to happen. Pray in His will! John wrote, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15 NKJ).

​Call out. Cry aloud. Pray intently, courageously request anything for which we can believe. James said, “Tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer!” (James 5:16 TPT).

Theme passage:
“Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:7 NKJ).