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Fervent Prayer

Fervent Prayer
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October 23, 2026
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Fervent Prayer

By Apostle Felix

15  And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16  Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17  Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18  And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

James 5: 15 – 18

The word fervency has various meanings depending on its context; however, in James chapter five, “fervent” means to be active, efficient, mighty, and self-manifesting. Apostle James, the brother of Jesus, wrote this letter to Jewish Christian communities in the diaspora who were facing poverty, social marginalization, and rejection. Because these believers were intimately familiar with the account of Elijah—having read in the scriptures how he was persecuted by King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, forced to flee, and left with nothing to eat—James used Elijah’s prayer life to encourage the Church to pray with that same active power.
Although Elijah was a human being with the same frailties, emotions, and weaknesses as anyone else, his earnest prayers yielded extraordinary results. He successfully prayed for rain to cease for three and a half years, and then prayed for it to return. Yet, despite this spiritual power, Elijah hit an emotional breaking point under Jezebel’s threats, fleeing into isolation and begging God to end his life. He was fully human and deeply vulnerable, but even in his moments of absolute weakness, he knew how to pray effectively.

 

4  But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 

1 Kings 19: 4

In his deeply discouraged state, Elijah was awakened by an angel to eat bread and drink water provided by the Lord for that exact moment. After eating and drinking, Elijah went back to sleep, only for the angel to awaken him a second time. The angel urged him to eat and drink again because the upcoming journey was too great for him; miraculously, that single provision sustained him for forty days and forty nights.
While physical bread and water may not be your immediate need, you deeply require the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus declared that He is the bread from heaven that gives life, while the Holy Spirit serves as our Comforter and Helper. Today, many people find themselves distressed, experiencing a spiritual famine due to a lack of God’s Word and anointing in their lives. Just as that supernatural meal strengthened Elijah to walk forty days to Horeb, the mountain of God, we require consistent spiritual food to sustain our own walk of faith.

5  And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6  And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

1 Kings 19: 5, 6

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