Prayer

James 5.16 says "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." And in James 4.3 he says "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures." These 2 verses have resonated with me for a long time. Prayer works! I have witnessed it over and over again. This week I witnessed it again, and you may have had experiences, too. Never give up on it. However, when you don't think it is working, go back to Jesus' model prayer beginning in Matthew 6.9 along with these 2 verses. Every time I have done this, I found the problem to be with me - never with the examples we are given.