Friday, June 27, 2025
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PRAYER!
James 5:16-18
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space
of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought
forth her fruit.
About thirteen years
ago, I had a total knee replacement. At about 2:00 A.M. my newly replaced knee began to hurt.
I had taken my prescribed dosage of pain medication but still it gave me pain.
My wife woke up and we talked for a while. Soon, very soon, my pain
went away. I said to my wife: “Thank you!” She said: “For what?” and I said,
“for the prayers.” She said: “How did you know”? I reminded her that we have
been married for nearly 44 years (at that time) and that I believed in the
power of prayer.
The above story provides the opportunity for both doubt
and belief, as most religious things do.
Scientists will tell me that the pain medicine had finally provided the relief,
but the Christian will glorify God because of answered prayer. Prayer does not
so much confirm the existence and power of God as it does to confirm either our
doubt or our faith.
Elias, or Elijah, was a man of “like passions” or similar mental and emotional makeup as the rest of us. He was
subject to doubt but was yielded to faith. Resisting his doubt, and in
obedience to God, Elijah prayed that the heavens would stop sending rain. The
result was that it did not rain for a period of three years and 6 months! Was
this the result of some natural occurrence? Unbelievers would think so, but
believers would know it to be an act of God.
Matt 21:22
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing,
ye shall receive.
Dear Lord, many of our prayers are said in doubt. Often, we do not
exercise an active belief. Whether our answers come quickly or force us to
wait, let us come before your throne with confidence. AMEN
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