Faith Like Elijah 9/28/2024
Daily Devotions: by Christina FarrisJames 5:13-20 KJV
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Wish someone spoke thes words 20 years ago way God just laid them on my heart. Faith spoken through prayer is faith. We speak and apply prayer to words to God in faith and it is enough to produce hope that God will carry our words out. Our prayer is not idle words, but words with a message of hope because we pray with faith directed by the same spirit that allowed Elijah to pray for a drought and then rain once more. You want old time religion then you need to pray with the faith and Spirit of Elijah. Yet do we. My hope says yes and my reality we need to see our request to God faith markers with a reality check list of things we need to do. Pray for forgiveness of any sin when requesting prayer of the elders. Purging out soul to received and be delivered by faith for the current need of prayer of faith. Exercising first humility and a prayer of faith in power. Faith anointed for healing, faith received when believe the words of prayer. If we do not get the answer we look for, God is doing something better we might not understand presently or is that escape or copt out for faith of healing not happening way we prayed it too. We need the Holy Spirit to guide our prayers as he did guided Elijah's request. Our prayer of faith should be guided by God's Spirit to get faith building results.
Dear Heavenly Father give us faith building results as we pray like Elijah not with just hope but certainty knowing you will grant it. In Jesus preciois name, Amen. Continual Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 4:13 KJV
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; http://www.turtle30cshell.com
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