Power in Prayer

“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” - ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

It seems like we, as Christians all believe to some degree that prayer has power. We don’t always see proof of God’s protective covering over us or those we pray for though and sometimes we even question the effectiveness of our prayers.

I try to get a variety of perspectives on the events happening in the world around us so I often read things that wouldn’t necessarily be picked up on and published in standard media outlets. Lately I have seen much evidence that prayer is having a major impact on our world.

One story was actually related to me by my daughter who saw an Instagram reel from a satanist-turned-Christian. She had previously been someone who was used by demons to identify people who were susceptible to attack. She said that it was obvious when someone was praying because there was a blue protective shield over them and the demons would stay away because they were afraid of those people. Prayer protects us. Even when we aren’t necessarily praying for our own protection, prayer IS protection in and of itself. Be constant in prayer.

The other story I read just the other day. It was a story about self-proclaimed witches trying to cast spells to negatively impact former President Trump in this election. There were quotes from forums discussing potential spells they could cast to harm President Trump by “witches” discouraging it saying it would not only waste time and energy but actually have the opposite effect because “there is an energy around him that feeds off the negativity and turns it for good” and acknowledging that “there are a lot of people praying for him”. What was amazing to me was the acknowledgement that prayer is EFFECTIVE! They admit that God is real and provides real protection and yet they reject Him!

The sad fact is that the conversations quickly turned the focus on to Trump supporters saying “they are more vulnerable”. And they are probably right because many of Trump’s supporters are not believers in Christ. We need to pray for the protection of our Nation.

Yesterday my husband read to me something that was about steps to dismantle a free society and it is scary to see how the current administration has been working so obviously and ao effectively to implement these steps with very little pushback from us! So we need to pray, but we also need to vote and to speak out against the obvious attacks on morality and our freedoms.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16b