The Miracle in a Common Man’s Prayer

Moving mountains with an expectant heart

‘Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.’ James 5:17 AMP

God loves to use ordinary people to do extraordinary things. You might be tempted to make excuses for the extraordinary events in the Bible, but James points out that Elijah was a common man just like us with the same limitations. When Elijah prayed, God was listening. And when you pray, God is leaning in with anticipation too.

No matter what weakness you think you have, God wants you and I to believe a persistent prayer is enough. Our Almighty God wants to bring heaven down to earth to reveal His incredible power and glory through your faithful, fervent prayers.

Even if our prayers aren’t answered in the way we asked, God reaches down with His grace to comfort and strengthen us through the trouble. Sometimes the mountains He moves are within us. Heaven longs to touch Earth so that His power is made perfect in the very places we are most weak.

When you look in the mirror you might see “average”, but with God, you’re a powerful warrior with a quiver of mighty prayers at your disposal.

Pray on. Heaven is listening.

Your prayers hold the same kind of power as Elijah’s requests to stop the rain.

When ordinary people pray, it’s an extraordinary move in faith. Our belief combined with God’s power can multiply on earth as it is in heaven. That’s the supernatural power of prayer.

expectant prayers move mountainsGod can use ordinary people with expectant prayers to move mountains. 

Are you letting feelings of inadequacy keep you from believing God can work extraordinary things through you? What audacious prayer are you holding back from God because you don’t believe He can use you?

You have access to incredible power through prayer.

Surrender your requests, offer Him your dreams, and wait in expectancy. Faith believes even when things don’t work out the way we had wished, God is always moving exponentially for our good.

Prayer: Father, I commit every area of my life to you. I know that you are not limited because of my shortcomings or setbacks. I am confident that you, God, will make up the difference and supply everything I need to fulfill Your purposes in my life.

Trisha Keehn is a creative writer fueled by a lifetime of faith. She is part of the Life.Church and YouVersion Bible App creative writing team, and uses her broadcast news background to help companies choose their words wisely. Trisha is a wife, mom, coffee connoisseur, lover of libraries, and a savvy traveler.

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