The Prayer of Faith
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The Prayer of Faith
"The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up... The Effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much—James 5:15, 16
Praying in the Holy Ghost—Jude 20
The prayer of faith is a specific kind of prayer distinctively presented in the Scriptures, and so denominated, because it is an inevitable manifestation of the gift of faith.
The apostle James, in giving inspired instruction as to the method of procedure for the miraculous healing of the sick, says, The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and then elucidates what constitutes such prayer by renaming it effectual, fervent prayer, and by presenting the praying of Elijah as a specimen of it. There has been in all ages of the Church, and there is now, a current belief, well supported by the warrant of Scripture and of Christian experience, in a kind of prayer styled prevailing prayer, which brings to pass results that prayer, in its ordinary offices, does not, and the vital factor in such prayer is the extraordinary faith which originates and accompanies it. The prayer of faith being a thing so peculiarly of its own kind in the realm of the spiritual experiences of faith, an extended treatment of it is essential to making intelligible the whole life of faith. Several discriminations respecting the prayer of faith are necessary.