James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

There are some who believe that the more people they ask to pray for a certain problem, the better their chances are in getting their prayers answered. There is nothing wrong with asking for people to stand in agreement with us because where two of us agree here on earth concerning anything we ask, the Father in heaven will do it for us (Matthew 18:19). However, if the motivation to ask people to pray is like raffle tickets, where we feel like the more people we ask to pray for us will better our chances in getting our prayers answered, we’re actually asking in doubt.

It’s doubt because those people don’t believe their prayer or faith is enough to change the situation. If we doubt, we can’t expect to receive anything from the Lord (James 1:6-7).

Our belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus has made us righteous. God made it where the prayer (singular) of a righteous person is effective (James 5:16). It’s great to have people in agreement with us, but it’s not a necessity.

All it takes is one person to pray one prayer in faith and that prayer will change any situation. Just believe.