Prayer: the First and Best Step Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Prayer: the First and Best Step -------------------------- Date: 2/7/2001 Keywords: "confession" "prayer" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: James 5:16-18* 16. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18. And he prayed again, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced its fruit. Questions 1. What hold does James hold out in verse 16?   2. Why does James refer to Elijah?   3. How would you apply James’ exhortation of verse 16 to your current struggle with pornography?   Practical help In the passage quoted above, James puts the responsibility for getting prayer help on the shoulders of the one who needs the help! If you are caught in porn’s sticky web, you have probably discovered already that it is too sticky to get out all alone. By following James’s advice, you avail yourself of two resources. First, the support of a friend. Second, the more valuable support of God, who will be answering your friend’s prayers for you. If you really want to be done with the porn habit, there is no more urgent need than that you call on someone to pray for your victory. Do it today! eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."