WHY YOU MUST PRAY
James 5:13 (AMPC) “Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray. Is anyone glad at heart? He should sing praise [to God].” Dear people of God, a number of times, I come across social media comments where someone says it is not prayer to God that is required to solve problems in this world but action by humans. The comments about not needing to pray to God is borne purely out of ignorance. The proponents of such comments base their point on the Truth that God is Omniscient (knows everything) and so He is aware of the problem s of this world and so if God refuses to do anything, then that is God’s will. Again, this is another wrong statement borne out of ignorance. God gave man this world at the beginning and God gave man authority over the world – Genesis 1:27-28. Through deceit by satan, man disobeyed God’s commands and sinned, then lost control of the earth and ceded his God-given authority to satan. ...