Great Power in Prayer!

2 Kings 18; 2 Kings 19; 2 Chronicles 32; James 5
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The Power of Prayer

13 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.

14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.

16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

17 Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! 18 Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops.

Observation

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Do you think that your prayers have great power? James says that your prayer life can be dynamite! It can be explosive! Is it?

I was reading this morning about King Hezekiah and how God heard his prayers. God destroyed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night just because King Hezekiah humbled himself and prayed for God’s help. God has not changed.

James says that Elijah was a human just like we are, and James suggests that we can pray and God will respond just like He did for Elijah! Wow!

Application

I will pray to my Lord today. Prayer has great power and produces wonderful results.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I want to pray like Hezekiah and Elijah. I want my prayers to have great power and want them to produce wonderful results just like Your word says. Thank You for allowing us to pray. Thank You for hearing us. Help me to be a man of prayer. You are the Lord of Heaven’s armies. Nothing is too hard for You!

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