Prayer is often our last resort when it should be our first response.

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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. 17 Elijah was a human being as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.
– James 5:16-18 (CSB)

Two Hindrances to Effective Prayer

• “Why should I pray, anyway?”

Critique: Distorts the Christian’s role as

of Christ.

• “Who am I?”

Critique: Distorts the Christian’s role as

with Christ.

Truth: The power of prayer lies not in the one who

it but hears

Reveal Answer

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Challenge: Change your

in prayer.