W. Robert Godfrey
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 31 Jul
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He uses it as a means to change us.
But he's doing this not in some mechanical form.
Prayer is the most intimate personal connection of our hearts and our spirits with our personal loving God.
And the New Testament in so many places wants to get us thinking about that.
And one of the passages I want to think with you about a little bit this afternoon is James chapter 5, where at verse 16, James writes, "'The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.'"
It certainly seems that James assumes that prayer works.
Prayer changes.
Prayer has power.
Prayer accomplishes things.
The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working, and then he gives us an example.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
So James is saying prayer is important, prayer is critical,
Prayer is powerful.
Prayer works things.
All you have to do is think about Elijah.
All you have to do is think about Elijah.
And what do we read about Elijah praying?
Well, we read more about Elijah praying at the end of the drought when he prays that rain might be restored after three and a half years to Israel, don't we?
And what do we read?
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