The power is not in the prayer per se it is in the Person with whom the Christian engages in prayer (1 Chr 29:12 2 Chr 16:9). Prayer is “powerful”-that is, meaningful and effective-only when and because it accesses a relationship with the one true God. Prayer is not a spiritual power, but a means of communicating and conversing with an All-Powerful Person. Biblical faith excludes any attempt to use magic or formula to control or placate God. As the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery says,īiblical prayer must be set in contrast with many other schemes for influencing deity common in the ancient Near East.
It wields no inherent supernatural sway nor does it involve a formula or ritual which, if “done right,” guarantees any desired result. Prayer by itself has no power whatsoever. Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn WhatsApp
