Our Fervent Prayers Can and Will Obtain Power from the Throne of Grace
"...Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me..." - Luke 11:5, 6.
In the words above we can unmistakably see that Jesus has a ministry of prayer in mind as well as there is a ministry of preaching. In the teachings of Jesus together with this parable shows us that praying and preaching are essential parts to the plan of salvation. We can not have one without the other.
"Preaching is God's way of speaking to man, and praying is man's way of speaking to God. Preaching is God's way of appealing to the will of man, and praying is man's way of appealing to the will of God." (T.M. Anderson)
The Epistles clearly reveal Our Lord's teachings in relation to intercessory prayer. John's Epistles tells of the marvelous power that is made available to us as God's people by way of intercessory prayer. Peter guarantees that the eyes of our Lord are always watching over us as the righteous, and His ears are ever open to hear our prayers. Bro. James preached, "...The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up..." All the inspired words that were ever written down by Paul reveal the amazing things that are possible through this forgotten ministry of intercessory prayer. In Paul's Epistles to the Colossians, this ministry of prayer is linked so tightly with the ministry of preaching that it is hard to tell where the prayer ends and the preaching begins. Read it you're self in (Colossians 1:9-17.). We should pray and talk to one another in this same way; speaking God's Word and praying God's Word go hand in hand.
Notice the unlimited possibilities opened in the prayers of a faithful person and minister of Christ.
"Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." — Col. 4:12.
What is true according to this Scripture above is that our prayers for other people of God will establish them in the faith of Jesus Christ. Is it not obvious that the fervent prayers of a worker in Christ can allow other Christians to stand faultless and whole in all the will of God? I am convinced that our fervent prayers can and will obtain power from the throne of grace. The fervent prayers of God's people will preserve some struggling saint in the hour of harsh trial and testing. Perhaps this idea is difficult for us to fully understand; nevertheless it is true it is God's Word.
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