Sunday, 18 July 2010
The Prayer of Faith
Pastor Zubeda Sing
“17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.”
Prayer prayed with God-given Faith is irresistible. Sometimes a word spoken in Prayer becomes the channel for the Gift of Faith. In James 5:15, we are told that “The Prayer of Faith shall save the sick”. There is no room left for doubt about the effect of a Prayer of Faith. Its results are guaranteed.
Neither sickness nor any other condition that is contrary to God’s will can stand against it. As an example of someone who prayed “the Prayer of Faith” James refers to Elijah by his prayer. Elijah withheld all rain for three and a half years, and then caused rain to fall again. (See James 5:17-18). Scripture indicates that the giving and withholding of rain is a Divine prerogative, exercised by God Himself (E.g. see Deut 11:13-17)
Yet for three and a half years, Elijah exercised this prerogative on God’s behalf. James emphasized that Elijah was ‘a man with a nature like ours’ (James 5:17), a human being just like the rest of us. But as long as he was enabled to pray with God’s Faith, the words he uttered were as effective as God’s own decrees. Indeed, prayer that is prayed with God-given Faith is irresistible.
From the July 2010 issue, themed ‘Something Good Is Going to Happen to Me This Month.
