¹³ If any of you are suffering, they should pray. If any of you are happy, they should sing. ¹⁴ If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven. ¹⁶ For this reason, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful in what it can achieve. ¹⁷ Elijah was a person just like us. When he earnestly prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell for three and a half years. ¹⁸ He prayed again, God sent rain, and the earth produced its fruit. (James 5:13-18, CEB)

Elijah wasn’t superhuman. He may have been seriously bi-polar. So, in some ways he may not have been exactly like us…

But the point is: Elijah was human. We’re human. Elijah prayed… we can pray. The question: Do we pray? What holds us back from bold prayers?

Elijah walked with God and heard from God. When God said it was time for drought, he called on Elijah to call in drought. When it was time for rain, Elijah was the one again who prayed in rain.

It is a matter of hearing the voice of God. The need of the hour is for the Church to slow down and hear his voice once again. He is speaking. We just may not be tuned to the right frequency.