Just a Prayer

James 5:16 “…The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”

The other day I overheard a conversation between two youth at our outreach.  One of them was having issues and was asking for help.  The youth being asked for help didn’t know what to do to make the situation better.  I heard him reply, “The only thing I can do is pray.  I know it’s not much but there’s nothing else I can do.”  Not much?!  Prayer is one of the most amazing tools God has given us.  There is so much power in prayer.  It seems if we’re not doing a lot then there can’t be much power in it.  Prayer is a good example of how much God doesn’t need us but wants us.  God already knows everything we need along with all those around us, He doesn’t need us to tell Him in prayer but He wants us to.  He wants us to talk to Him and spend time with Him like you would your closest friend.  Plus, when it gets to the point that all we have is prayer then it just shows us that God has it all under control and we don’t need to try and fix it with our own human understanding.  It pushes us to have faith in what God is doing rather in what we can do.  When someone comes to you with a problem or you yourself have something that comes up the first thing you should do is get on your knees.  Prayer shouldn’t be our last resort, it should be our first.  

Ephesians 6:18 “In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare.  Pray hard and long.”