“Elias (Elijah) was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth fruit.” (James 5:17-18)
One may find these two miraculous answers to prayer in I Kings chapters 17 and 18. That Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are is evidenced when we see him running for his life as he flees from Jezebel, the wicked wife of Ahab, king of Israel.
God invites us to come to Him in prayer, even though we have fears, failures and faults. The only perfect, sinless person who ever approached God in prayer was Jesus, God’s beloved Son.
Don’t wait until you are perfect and sinless to pray. If you wait for that you will never pray. Go before Him now, with all your mistakes, sins, faults and blemishes. He wants to hear from you and you need to hear from Him.
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