James 5:16-17: Praying for Boldness
Monday, October 31, 2022
The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.
How many of us have witnessed miracles but look for ways to explain them away?
The showers came and everything began to grow again . . .
How many of us have benefited from miracles but shrink from telling others the good news of our own healing?
I’ll bring my people back, gather them up from the ends of the earth . . .
The prophet Jeremiah reminds us that there is always reason to celebrate for those who weep will rejoice, those who are lame will walk, those who are blind will one day see. (Jeremiah 31:7-9)
It seemed like a dream, too good to be true . . .
The psalmists tell us that where we have wept, we will leap for joy. (Psalm 126)
Just as nature turns and returns in her seasons, so too do we turn and return to God. Perhaps it is her fidelity that brings so many miracles forth in nature’s change each season. Perhaps we might also benefit from turning and returning to God’s word each day. When we spend time with these verses, when we search varying versions of these words, we also find much in the power of righteous prayer. As evening falls and we end our day, let us give thanks to the Lord as we offer all that we are and all that we do in God’s holy, healing name.
Spend time with Acts 4:23-32 and re-read a familiar story about the power of prayer.
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