Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. —James 5:16
How much do my prayers really matter? Is God moved by what I ask Him to do? If that had been me instead of Abraham, would I have dared ask God to spare the city of Sodom?
As believers, praying is a way for us to be involved in God’s will being done on earth as it is in heaven. Prayer is not an empty religious act. It actually matters.
“This is the confidence we have before him,” we are told in 1 John 5:14. “If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” God’s ability to accomplish all His will is not in question. Ever. We can have absolute “confidence” in Him. But confidence does come into question in whether the things we ask for are according to God’s will.
If God were to grant my petitions, will He be exalted? Will His kingdom advance?
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Incomparable: 50 Days with Jesus © 2024 by Revived Hearts Foundation
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
As you approach the Father today in prayer, consider the “why” behind your petitions.