What's the Point?

Prayer is so important.  But a lot of people ask, "Why pray?"  What really happens?  Does it really "work," or is it really for our own benefit, just a personal psychological assurance and nothing more?

"Are you hurting?  Pray.  Do you feel great?  Sing.  Are you sick?  Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master.  Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet.  And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven-- inside and out.  Make this your common practice:  Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed.  The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.  Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't-- not another drop for three and a half years.  Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did."  James 5:13-18

"...We'll stick to our assigned tasks of prayer and speaking God's Word."  Acts 6:4

"The mountain, for instance, you'll tell, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it will jump.  Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it a part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God."  Matthew 21:22

"The godless nations will sit up and take notice...When he attends to the prayer of the wretched.  He won't dismiss their prayer."  Psalms 102:14, 17

"That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large.  Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.  And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it's not all asking.  If you have anything against someone, forgive-- only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins."  Mark 11:23-25

"My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off.  Go after them.  Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God."  James 5:19-20

-Tara K

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