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"Prayer"
"The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much." (James 5:16b)
What is effectual prayer? It is prayer that is
effective. It works! It does something that
changes your circumstances. When you pray you
don't change God. He is unchangeable (Mai. 3:6).
You pray to change circumstances. You can change
things through prayer! There are four types of
prayer that change things: the Prayer of
Agreement (Matt. 18:19,20), the Prayer of
Binding and Loosing (Matt. 18:18), the Prayer of
Petition and Supplication (Phil.4:6, 1 Tim.
2:1), and the Prayer of Intercession (1 Tim.
2:1, Rom.8:26, Col.2:1). These types of prayer
are like tools - if they are used properly they
will get the job done. You don't use a saw to
drill a hole. You use a drill. That is the
proper tool. In the same way, you wouldn't use
the prayer of Agreement in a situation in which
the prayer of Intercession is appropriate.
There are different kinds of
prayer. Eph. 6:18 says that we should pray
always with all prayer (the Greek says, "all
different kinds of prayer"). God has given us
the proper tools to do the job.
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