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EFFECTIVE PRAYER

Text : James 5:16

Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. _The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]._

If the scripture talks about the kind of prayer that makes power available, it means that there is a pattern to praying effectively.  It also means that when we pray, power should be made available to accomplish a particular task. 

The one who Prays must possess power within in order to make power available in the place of prayer. 
 _Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,_ Ephesians  3:20

From the above, you can see that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than what you ask or think; but the measure of His manifestation is commensurate to the Power at work in you.

The power at work in you is what brings about effective praying. It is the power at work in you that makes your prayer avails much. The power at work in you is what draws the presence of God into your situation. The power at work in you is what makes power available to you. So  effective praying is not about the level of your volume, your voice, length of time, or your position. It is about the power at work in you. 

Have you ever wondered why someone will just say a simple prayer and power will be made available, while so many others make lots of noise but with little or no result. 

This power is the manifest and working  presence of the Holy Spirit within a man. Whenever you pray, you must be aware of this presence(Holy Spirit) who dwells with you and in you.(John 14:17). 
That's why the scripture says that He is the one who helps our infirmities. (Rom. 8:26). When there is no active recognition and acknowledgement of the Presence of the Spirit in your life, power will not made available to you. Acts 1:8 says that you shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you. 

The Holy Spirit makes power available to you. Hence, you must know that without the Holy Spirit, you will faint in the place of prayer. He is the one who helps to stir and build up your Faith towards God.  Jude 1:20

When answers to your prayers delay, do you give up or throw in the towel.That is the normal response from mechanical prayer. Mechanical prayer is the one you do without the help of the Spirit. It takes the Holy Spirit in you to make you an importunate "Asker", "seeker" and "knocker" in the place of prayer. It takes the help of the Spirit within you to be persistent, consistent and tenacious in prayer without fainting

One who Prays effectively is one who knows how to draw the attention of heavenly presence into his situation, life and environment. An effective prayer is one that involves the assistance of the Holy Spirit. 

No normal human being can pray in such situation that Peter and Silas found themselves in the prison. It takes only the Power made available by the Holy Spirit for these men to pray. They received Power from the Holy spirit, and power was made available to break the prison gate. 

Bible Reading: Acts 16:23-29

Prayer Points 

1. Lord fill me afresh with the Holy Ghost and Power. 

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