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James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

We are not righteous because of works or good behavior. We are righteous because of the sacrifice made by Jesus the Christ (Romans 3:22). It’s because of this righteousness our prayers are not only effective, but very much effective. 

Our prayers are so effective until everything we pray for, that aligns itself with God’s will, comes to pass (1 John 5:15). Healing is in God’s will. Prosperity is in God’s will. Healthy relationships are in God’s will. Stability is in God’s will. Every positive thing found in the Word of God belongs to us. 

Our prayers are not only effective for ourselves, but, if others are willing to believe and receive, our prayers are effective for them. We can pray healing over someone’s body and it will come to pass. We can pray deliverance over someone and it will come to pass. We can pray financial restoration in a person’s life and it will come to pass. 

Let’s take it a step further. Our prayers can also positively effect the world around us. We can pray racism away. We can pray drugs and drug trafficking away. We can pray peace in the earth.  

Using our righteous status, our prayers not only make a difference in our lives, but also in the lives of others and in the world we live in.