Prayer Is Not Just for Heroes of the Faith

When we read the stories of these great men and women of faith, we may think that these people were super-spiritual, that our prayers could never be answered like that. But look at how Scripture describes Elijah:

“Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the Heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (James 5:17–18).

Scripture tells us to pray when we are suffering, when we are cheerful, when we are sick, when we have sinned, and for one another. We are told that “the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” (James 5:13–16). It is clear that we are all to pray!