Thursday, August 28, 2008
James 5:16-18
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. (ESV)
by Leota Stevens
The tall monastery wall was constructed of hewn stones. It stood so tall that it virtually blocked the light on the north side of the compound. It was very difficult to see where you were walking until you rounded the chapel area. There, two dazzling shafts of golden light streamed into the courtyard through window casings set among the moss-covered rocks. The light bathed everything it touched in illumination. What a representation of prayer. The darkness of any situation can be instantly transformed when the window to heaven is opened through the fervency of a righteous person’s intercession. Everything looks so different when the light shines on it.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
