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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Effectual and Fervent Prayer

Topic: Effectual and Fervent Prayer

When we look at James 5:16 there are some key words in this Scripture that are going to be crucial in understanding how we as sons are to have a consistent and effectual prayer life.  The reason I say consistent and effectual because you can be consistent and not effectual especially when it comes to prayer because you can consistently be praying for the wrong thing.  This is why prayer is only effective, not only when it is consistent but when it is from someone who is righteous.  We will talk about the righteous man in a upcoming message.  But let’s back up and deal with two of the three words of this Scripture, fervent and effectual.

Fervent
When we look at the word fervent, it means: passionate and intensity.  So we can say that the passionate and effectual prayer of a righteous man availeth much.  Why should we be passionate about prayer?  What is prayer?  We know that prayer is communion with God in order for God’s will to be done on earth as it already is in Heaven.  If you can keep that definition in mind that should give you a slight glimpse into the importance of prayer in the life of a Son. 

1 Thessalonians 5:17: Pray without ceasing

This means we should always be praying, we should desire and mature to a passionate prayer life that is not ritualistic but out of understanding the Heavenly relationship between man and God and that relationship is Father/Son and we will discuss this later because depending upon your perception of the relationship between you and God, it shapes your prayer life.  We want God’s continued impact on this earth through the lives of His Sons and that requires prayer.  Considering the shape of this world 1 Thessalonians 5:17 should be priority number one for the believer but as we can see and many have experienced, many of our prayers have gone unanswered and many have gotten discouraged because of God not answering their prayers.  But keep this in mind, there is a reason, there is always a reason to why God did not answer your prayer.  And that brings me to the second word:  Effectual

Effectual
One who is consistent, passionate and righteous will have a effectual prayer life.  Many of their prayers are answered consistently.  Here is a simple key to keep in mind to why and you can confirm this statement in the many prayer of Jesus Himself. 

“Their requests lined up with what was on the heart of the Father”

To have an effectual prayer life that has to be at the heart of your requests and this is why it is crucial to get the relationship right because the Scriptures declare the Sons only does what he sees his Father do.  So there has to be a functioning relationship between man and God in the reality of Father and Son for mankind to know what is on the heart of God and when that request is made, earth is impacted by Heaven through a prayer of the sons in the earth.  So as you can see we must mature from the asking of things for us to the things that are on the heart of God for this very reason:

Your Heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things”

Before I deal with the word righteous man, I want to go all the way back to the beginning and lay this foundation because without a proper foundation your prayer life will be shaky and unstable and when the storms of life (trials and tribulations) come, what you know will be “washed away”….Let’s build a effectual prayer life with Christ as the center, the Rock! 

Peace and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun,Jr.