james-5:16

..The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. --James 5:16 A second important requirement if the believing church is to be used in God's ministry is prayer and the response God makes to our prayers uttered in true faith.... No matter what our stature or status, we have the authorit... Read More

Note: Let us remember that nothing, absolutely nothing will happen without prayer, prayer and more prayer. (2 Chr. 7:14; Ex. 29:37; Isa. 44:3). 1. We must be honest with God as we pray, and honest with ourselves as we consider how God sees us. Let’s not try to impress God with our humility, or our g... Read More

What would happen if “the Breath of Heaven,” the Spirit of the living God, struck some of our churches? Pentecost will always be associated with the wind of God. Luke dramatically describes the moment and movement of that wind in the familiar word: “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all ... Read More

Edited from a message delivered at the "Heart-Cry for Revival" Conference near Asheville, North Carolina, April 9-12, 2002. It is crucial that we have the kind of relationship to God that when He speaks we know it is God, and we know what He is saying, and we make the major adjustments in our life t... Read More

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (James 5:16). Or as Weymouth translates it, “The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence.” Prayer may be empty words, with no more power than empty shells. Firing empty shells! That is what many professed pra... Read More

Only a sweeping religious awakening will bring God back to our nation and save our land. We need a religious awakening that will expose the bitter, devilish, evil of sin. But how may we have such a religious awakening? As in the time of Samuel, as in the time of Ezra, as in the time of Elijah, as in... Read More

Did you know that the Kingdom of God will not come apart from prayer? The unreached will never hear the sweet name of Jesus without the labor of someone’s Spirit-led prayers. Regardless of how things may appear on the surface, nothing of eternal value is ever released without somebody, somewhere pra... Read More

“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. “Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops” (James 5:16-18). “Prayer,” s... Read More

Sit down with pencil and paper, and – verse by verse – let the Word of God search your heart. It will mean recognizing, admitting, even recording your sins as they’re revealed – yours, not your neighbor’s. It will mean Spirit-guided confession and restoration. It will mean obedience at any cost – in... Read More

By the mercy of God I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ since my early youth. Over the years of my earthly pilgrimage I have known what it is like to climb great spiritual mountains and how it feels to fall into chasms of blackness. I have had long seasons of great Christian joy and inte... Read More