James 5:16-18
Prayer Is A Privilege
“I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live” (Psalm 116:1-2).
Prayer Is A Privilege
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8).
Prayer Is A Privilege
“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it” (John 14:13-14).
Prayer Is A Privilege
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7).
Prayer Is A Privilege
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Prayer Is A Privilege
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” (1 John 5:14).
Prayer Is Powerful
“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 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 5:16-18).
Prayers Can Influence God
- Elijah (1 Kings 17-18; James 5:16-18)
- Moses (Deuteronomy 9)
- Hannah (1 Samuel 1-2)
- Hezekiah (2 Kings 20)
Prayers can affect outcomes!