The effectual prayer of the righteous man can accomplish much.

But Dr. Tony Evans says tapping the power of prayer requires a clean heart.

If you're not willing to deal with sin, then you will not have access to Jesus Christ.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

We've all heard the expression, when all else fails, pray. But Dr. Evans says our best efforts begin with

prayer. And today he explains how to make it your top priority. Let's turn to James Chapter 5 as we

join him. First of all,

let's look at the priority of prayer. Verse 13. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.

That is, instead of complaining in verse 9, and instead of swearing, cussing, fussing, and making

false oaths in verse 12, open your mouth,

but not for those purposes, if you are going through affliction, that's what the Greek word for

suffering means, and it can be used of any kind of affliction, it can be physical affliction,

it can be emotional affliction, it can be circumstantial affliction, it can be financial

affliction, it can be familial aff affliction, it can be financial affliction, it can be

familial affliction, no matter what the classification of affliction is, if you are going through it,

let him pray. Now what's very important is that what God wants, as he communicates through the

Apostle James, is that prayer should be the he communicates through the Apostle James

is that prayer should be the priority.

That is the thing you should do.

It should be first.

What is prayer?

Maybe we ought to start there.

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