Power In Prayer!

Yesterday morning my son, Joel, messaged me a song to listen to on you tube, entitled "Power in Prayer".  The message of the words stirred and challenged my heart as I contemplated and thought about the power there is in prayer!  I remembered reading that Mary, Queen of Scots, said she feared the prayers of John Knox more than all the armies of Queen Elizabeth!  The words of James 5:16 come to my mind:  "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."  It is easy to just say words, but is our praying effectual and fervent?
Then I thought about the blessed and wonderful promise in Jeremiah 33:3:  "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."

Then my thoughts turned to the events of the past few days that stagger the mind!  I cannot comprehend the drastic changes a few days has made in our nation and world, but already people are restless and tempted to complain about the many inconveniences of being pretty much confined to our homes, but I believe we should endeavor to use this time to draw closer to God, to seek His face, and to pray for revival in our homes, our churches, and our nation!

And let us pray expectantly!  I'm afraid too often we are like the church in the 12th chapter of Acts when Peter was in prison, and "prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him."  When the angel of the Lord visited the prison, you remember how he led Peter out, and Peter went to the house of Mary where he knew many were gathered praying.  As Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel named Rhoda came to check.  She recognized Peter's voice, and ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate.  I think the next two verses are so sad --
     "And they said unto her, Thou art mad.  But she constantly affirmed that it was even so.  Then said they, it is his angel.  But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished."  May the Lord help us when we pray to be strong in faith as Abraham was --
     "He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform."  Praise the Lord!!

I saw on the internet today an article where the Chief Rabbi of Israel is calling for a world-wide fast in the face of the Corona Pandemic!
I also saw this quote from Bro. Ken Siminji, one of the godly leaders in the Papua New Guinea Bible Church:  "Prayer moves the heart that moves the hand that moves the world.  Prayer invokes answers to situations that are impossible!  If anything is hard, it is the best subject to pray to God about.  Call to action on Corona is on.  Let's all unite in one voice and pray."  Amen!  New Guinea is issuing the call to prayer from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. for the next 20 days!  What is our Lord wanting me and you to do?
God spoke to Solomon long, long ago and said:
     "If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."