Power of Prayer

The power of prayer, let me tell you about the power of prayer! My wife and I went to Erie this past Saturday specifically to pray. We went to Saint Vincent's Hospital to pray over our brother in-law, who was flown up there from Warren General. At one point in Warren General he was actually "code blue".

We found out that he had a mass in his abdomen and that he had severe blockage in his arteries. So Melissa and I prayed over him Saturday, specifically for Christ to remove the mass in his abdomen and to clean out his arteries. We all ready knew that Jesus was at work in him when we first arrived, cause we didn't expect him to be coherent when we saw him and he was. We joked around and his spirits seemed quite well.

So the power of pray was all ready at work. But we found out yesterday after they did a sono on his abdomen, which was done after we prayed over him, that there was no mass what so ever!! We also found out today that he only has one artery blocked and that he will be coming home Wednesday!

So how powerful is prayer? It's as powerful as you let it be! The more faith you have in it, the more you can expect to receive from it! God's word tells us this same thing. So think of the miracle that we have received with no mass in our brother in-law's abdomen as you read over these few scriptures about prayer and what you can expect to receive.

Matthew 7:7-8 (GNB)  "Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.  (8)  For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.

Matthew 21:22 (GNB)  If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

John 14:13-14 (LITV)  And whatever you may ask in My Name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  (14)  If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it.

James 5:13-18 (GNB)  Are any among you in trouble? They should pray. Are any among you happy? They should sing praises.  (14)  Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord.  (15)  This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven.  (16)  So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.  (17)  Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.  (18)  Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops.

Now go and pray believing, receiving, and expecting what you have prayed for with the faith that will move a mountain!! God Bless!!