today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Powerful prayers not about you being a faith super hero.

It's about discovering what the Savior wants and asking him for it.

You can pray like Elijah, and the effects of your prayers can be just as dramatic.

That's James's whole point.

The key is figuring out what God wants and asking him for it. Thanks for Summit Life, the Bible Teaching Ministry of J.D. Greer, pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh,

Durham, North Carolina.

I'm your host, Molly Bitevich.

I don't know about you, but I have loved this series through the book of James

and it's been filled with so many practical applications

that we can all learn and grow from.

Well, I'm glad to say that today is no different,

but I'm also sad to say that this is our final message of the series.

In this final teaching, Pastor J.D. Greer reminds us that in the end, we can be encouraged

that God does indeed hear the prayers of his children,

and it's often through them that he chooses to accomplish his work on earth.

That's really good news, isn't it?

So let's buckle in for the conclusion to our series in the book of James.

Let's join Pastor J.D.

You see the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Elijah was a man with a nature just like ours.

He prayed fervently that it might not rain,

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