The Power of Prayer

"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.
Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up.
And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayer fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit."
-- James 5:13-17

I read this today and was reminded how important the power of prayer is. How crazy is it that "a man with a nature like ours" could pray for three and a half years that it wouldn't rain and the Lord held off the rain because of the faith of this one man. If just one man can do that imagine what would happen if many more of us took these words to heart! My prayer life has grown over the years, but I still can't even imagine what it looks like to pray that fervently and have that kind of faith. It just goes to show that ALL things really are possible with the Lord!

Oh and if you wanted to read the story about Elijah its in 1 Kings 17-18.