EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER
By George Thurlow
©️4/30/2001
Elijah on Mount Carmel,
This mighty prophet of faith,
Bowed his head betwixt his knees;
Towards the ground he faced.
With his mantle drawn about him
To shut out sights and sounds,
Intensely focused, deep in prayer,
Swept to higher ground.
He sent his servant out to check
The progress of his prayer.
Glancing out towards the sea
He spotted nothing there.
Go again Elijah spake,
Seven times go out and see.
Behold, arose a little cloud
Coming from the sea.
Ahab, prepare thy chariot
From the mountain get thee down.
My prayer has reached the heavens
Wind and rain is coming ‘round.
The effective fervent prayer
For the righteous much avails,
If one remains persistent
Earnesty will prevail.
Shut out the circumstances,
Don’t let your faith be shook.
Hold up the Word before you
Cling to the promises of the Book.
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James 5:16-18 KJV
“…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias 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 her fruit.”
1 Kings 18: 41-46
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
