657. Prayer\u2019s Effectiveness<\/p>\n
\u201cThe supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working\u201d (Jas_5:16).<\/p>\n
1. Prayer accomplishes things, as Elijah demonstrated in obtaining the needed rain\u2014Jas_5:17.<\/p>\n
2. Prayer concentrates the mind upon a given object, as Nehemiah illustrates when he repaired the wall in the face of the opposition against him\u2014Neh_4:9.<\/p>\n
3. Prayer cleanses the heart and life, as David experienced, when he prayed: \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God\u201d (Psa_51:10).<\/p>\n
4. Prayer enables the witness to go forward with renewed courage, as is seen in the early Christians, who prayed they might with all boldness preach the Word\u2014Act_4:29.<\/p>\n
5. Prayer is the soul of revival, as the Psalmist recognised, when he pleaded that God would \u201cQuicken\u201d (revive) \u201cme according to Thy Word\u201d (Psa_119:154).<\/p>\n
6. Prayer is one of the weapons which is a part of the Christian\u2019s armour\u2014\u201dall-prayer\u201d (Eph_6:18).<\/p>\n
Prayer is, as Matthew Henry says: \u201cThe key of the morning, and the lock of the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
657. Prayer\u2019s Effectiveness \u201cThe supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working\u201d (Jas_5:16). 1. Prayer accomplishes things, as Elijah demonstrated in obtaining the needed rain\u2014Jas_5:17. 2. Prayer concentrates the mind upon a given object, as Nehemiah illustrates when he repaired the wall in the face of the opposition against him\u2014Neh_4:9. 3. Prayer cleanses … Continue reading “0672. 657. Prayer\u2019s Effectiveness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}