Good Morning,
Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]." (James 5:16) I have been meditating on this scripture and begin realizing the power that we have as we pray. When we pray with the understanding that the answers to our prayers flow through us before they come to us. We, in fact hold the key to our own answers. The verse says, "pray for one another, that you may be healed." Your healing comes as you pray for another. It brings to mind the scripture in Galatians 6:7-9; "Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.'' The King James version of the underlined words read, "for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Of course all of this can be harvested from our prayer life, by the seeds we sow in others life. If we pray for healing for ourselves or our loved ones, then we must give healing to others. If you pray for peace, then you must let peace flow through you to others. You become the vessel that your prayers are fulfilled through, then your answered prayer will come to you. Do you see it? "Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you." (Luke 6:38) Benefits means advantage, profit, assistance, betterment, blessing, favor, gain, godsend, help, prosperity, welfare, and use. We are the answer or we carry the answer for someones prayer, or at least the part that we play in answered prayer. What measure or benefits of kindness, goodness, healing, peace, or blessing have you been to others? Do you not see your healing (of body, mind, soul, and finances) lies in the measure that you are willing to give to others? This kind of heartfelt, earnest and fervent prayer makes tremendous power available in our prayer life and turns to multiplied blessings in answered prayer. When we pray, let's pay attention to our requests and then be ready to be that to others who are asking for the same. Let's pray with the knowledge that we will receive from the Lord whatever we ask for, because we are seeding into other people's lives the harvest we are expecting. Pray, confer benefits to others, and expect the answer!
"Harvested from prayer"
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 