Date: Wednesday, 10th January, 2024
Text: James 5:17-18
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
It is one thing to pray, it is another thing to pray effectively. Effective prayer is one that produces desired results. When you pray and you get results you are encouraged to pray again. Many people quit after experiencing some failures in prayers.
First of all, sin is a barrier that renders prayers ineffective. The word of God says, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:1-2
Secondly, the word of God says a lot of people pray amiss, meaning, they pray with wrong motives, in order to spend it on their personal pleasures only. James 4:3. Prayer becomes effective when the answer to it will glorify God and benefit mankind; this is the will of God.
One of the ingredients of effectiveness in prayer is fervency. Fervency in prayer indicates passionate, zealous and heartfelt prayers. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops- James 5:17-18.
You can’t say you are fervent when you are praying and busy on social media, pressing phone or dozing.
This year, make up your mind to pray effectively and you will share testimonies in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I ask for grace for result-producing prayers in Jesus name.