The Power of Prayer

James 5:14-15

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. 

I tend to ask for prayer a lot.  Sometimes for me, sometimes for others.  I know some people that are shy to ask for prayer as they don’t want to burden others.  Prayer should never be a burden!  This last week, I begged my community of people for all the prayers I could get.  I knew that God was the ultimate healer!  You see, I ended up in the ER Monday for very severe chest pain.  I really thought I was having a heart attack.  After they ruled out the heart and a blood clot, they discovered that I had pneumonia.  What??  I hadn’t even been coughing. 

How could this be?  Simple, the power of prayer!  Either of the things the doctors were evaluating me for would have been far more serious.  My community of people prayed hard over me.  God answered their prayers.

What is it that you could use prayer for today?  Do you have a community of people that will pray for you?  If you need prayer, please know that we as a group are here to pray for you.  The leaders of this group will pray for you in private if you do not wish to share with the group. 

The Lord answers the prayers of those who come to him in prayer.  Even when it is not always answered the way that we are hoping, he still answers them.