by Pastor Simon
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16 - NKJV.
What is "effectual fervent prayer"? Effectual fervent prayer is the kind of prayer you as a believer can pray and by it see lives and conditions wonderfully changed. It is not prayer prayed with the head - the Greek scholar Zodhiates tells us it is prayer wrought by the operation or energy of the Holy Spirit.
You just don't want to be praying out of your head or even making a prayer that is simply an emotional response to things. You want to go beyond this. You want to be praying according to the operation or energy of the Holy Spirit. You want your prayers to connect the glory of Heaven with the desperation of Earth.
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