James says that the prayers of the righteous are powerful and effectual. The obvious question is why? What makes the prayers of the righteous particularly effective. I love B. M. Palmer’s answer, which is quoted in Douglas Kelly’s excellent book, If God Already Knows, Why Pray? He writes:
“It is the effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous man [that] prevails.But what renders prayer “effectual”? Not its length, nor its vehemence, nor its eloquence, nor its passion, but simply the living sympathy which is established between the soul pleading in the closet, and the Savior interceding in the heavens.”
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