Prayer That Heals by David Jeremiah

Thursday, July 19 Prayer That Heals    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. James 5:16    Five times in biblical history we find an abundance of miracles: in the days of Moses, the prophets like Elijah and Elisha, Christ, the apostles, and during the coming Tribulation. That doesn’t mean that miracles can’t happen in other instances. But if we need God’s intervention, the focus should be where we find it in Elijah’s life, and later in the apostle James’ life.

Recommended Reading: 1 Kings 17:17-24

When the son of the widow who fed Elijah fell ill and died, Elijah cried out to God three times for his healing and restoration to life. And God answered Elijah’s fervent prayers. But when Paul needed a miracle of deliverance from some situation in his life, he prayed fervently three times and his “thorn” wasn’t removed—and Paul was satisfied with God’s answer (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Both men prayed but God’s answer differed. When it came to praying for God’s intervention, James exhorted the Church to follow Elijah’s example and pray, saying the “fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James says to confess our sins, then pray fervently. And then be ready to praise God whatever the answer. Fervent prayers produce phenomenal results. Woodrow Kroll