Pray... All the Time; James

May the mumbling commence!

Pray at all times.  Pray in all states of mind.  If you allow prayer to form your life, your attitudes will change to godly ones… and so will your thoughts and words and actions.  Read from James chapter five (NLT):

Any one of you who is in trouble should pray; anyone in good spirits should sing a psalm.  Any one of you who is ill should send for the elders of the church, and they must anoint the sick person with oil in the name of the Lord and pray over him.  The prayer of faith will save the sick person and the Lord will raise him up again; and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven. 

So confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another to be cured; the heartfelt prayer of someone upright works very powerfully.  Elijah was a human being as frail as ourselves – he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell for three and a half years; then he prayed again and the sky gave rain and the earth gave crops. (Verses 13-18) 

Are you in trouble?  Pray.  Are things going well?  Pray.  Are you sick?  Call the leaders of the church… and pray together.

 What is the road to transformation?  Prayer and confession are integral parts to the road for transformation.  Confess the greatness of God.  Confess where you have fallen short of God’s glory… where you have sinned.  Make that confession in the safe place with other believers who can support you in your journey toward Jesus’ Way.

 When we pray together in these ways, we journey closer to being upright in God’s eyes.  And our prayers will become more effective because we are more in tune with the Spirit of the living God.  Let us start that journey together each day.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out