Prayer Is The Solution!
Saturday's Devotion (4-17-04)
"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." James 5:16 (KJV)
A lot of people take this scripture wrong. They think that we need to confess our sins to men, before we confess them to God. That is not the case. We all have faults and we all need help. The reason we are to confess our faults or problems to other people, is so they can pray for us. We must still pray for ourselves, but it is also good to have others pray for you. When other children of God, are praying for you, then you should expect to see results. When you pray for you, you should also expect to see results.
Prayer is a powerful tool. Praying can bring us healing, it can bring us closer to God and it can bring us any miracle you can think of! Whatever problem you're facing in life right now, prayer is the solution! That is what today's message is about. I want to tell you, that if you need prayer we are here. Just submit your prayer request to us and I will pray for you! There are also thousands of other websites out there that will pray for you. There are prayer lines and there are churches. If you do not know a believer that will pray for you, contact one of these places. Even if you do know believers that will pray for you, you can never have enough people, praying for you!
I got an e-mail the other day with a prayer request. All request are private so I won't mention what it was. The point I'm getting to is at the end of the request, the person apologized for putting me through the trouble of praying for them. I wasn't able to reply because the e-mail was invalid. Let me tell you something. Never feel like your prayer request is a burden. I am here to pray for you. That is one reason this site is here and I enjoy helping in anyway I can. If you ever run into someone who treats you like you're troubling them when you ask for prayer, go to someone else! If you want effective prayers, go to someone who is ready and willing to pray for you! Go to someone who wants to help you! I want to help, so this is one place you know of.
So whatever the problem is, pray! First pray for yourself and then ask someone else to pray for you! Also it is good to have others pray with you. Prayer is the solution!
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help us to bring all of our problems to you. Help us to also have an easier time bringing our problems to others and asking for their prayers. Bring us really close to you. In Jesus, name. A-men!
God bless!
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