Prayer 2021 - August 8 - What James Had to Say About Prayer pt 3

Scripture For Today:

 Daniel 6:13

“Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”

What James Had to Say About Prayer pt 3

We have been studying what the Apostle James had to say about prayer. We had been studying, quite extensively, what the Apostle Paul had to say about prayer, but now I want to expand that into what other Apostle had to say – and we started with James, the brother of Jesus.

We left off yesterday about the importance of praying for yourself and not always relying on the others to pray for you! When you learn to do your own praying, that is when you will move over into greater and greater victories. Amen!

Every time you pray for yourself and you see your prayers as answered – your Faith grows exponentially! But if you depend on others to pray for you, YOUR faith actually gets weaker!

Why? Because you are not exercising your faith!  

Think of it as working out physically for a minute…

Let’s say you know you should be working out, lifting weights and all of that, but you’re just too busy. You really don’t have the time. You have so many other things to accomplish, you just cannot afford the 30 minutes every day you know you should be working out.

Then, one night, an intruder comes into your home and threatens your family!

You tell him, WAIT HERE, I have to go call the police! Or, WAIT HERE – and you run downstairs and start to lift some weights so you can become strong enough to fight him!

Either one of those scenarios will not play out very well for you – OR YOUR FAMILY! 

They were depending on YOU to protect them!  And you let them down!

Now, think about what would have happened IF you had been working out on your own for a few years before that night when an intruder came into your home…

You could have resisted him and, seeing he could be in trouble trying to fight you – he would flee!  Amen!

What does the bible say, “Resist the devil and he will what? FLEE!”  Amen!  And guess who said that?  JAMES!  Praise God! In James chapter 4 verse 7! Amen!

But, if you never worked out – the moment you needed that physical strength, that moment your family needed you – you would have been weak and unable to perform your duty to protect them.

The same can be said for Spiritual strength!  If you never work out yourself Spiritually, you will be WEAK when it comes time for you to pray for yourself or your family member. And that is not how it is supposed to be!

Amen!

I want to pray for you that you will begin to take your prayer time with the Lord seriously! This is not just a “check the box and done” type of thing. It can be, literally, a matter of life or death for you or a member of your family. 

Let’s Pray!

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