Consider it a theory if you will. As I say that I picture the opening music of the old Twilight Zone episodes. When?, How?, and Where? Does God answer prayers? Of course, if we knew that, one of life's greatest mysteries would be solved. When I first began working at SAGU, the president was Dr. Delmer Guynes, a great leader and mentor. Dr. Guynes now serves as the Chaplain at SAGU. One of his hallmark statements is that "you can get more answers to your prayers when you pray unselfishly". Perhaps that is what the author intended in James 5:16 about the prayers of a righteous man being "powerful and effective". I decided to do a search in Logos and came up with these results. I know I haven't searched every possible connection, but this simple glance adds much to the theory of results oriented unselfish praying. Place your curser over these references: Genesis 25:21; 2 Samuel 24:25; 1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 17:6; Acts 10:4; 2 Corinthians 1:11;Philemon 22. The Disciple's Prayer that Jesus taught His disciples certainly has unselfish characteristics in it especially when you consider that personal requests are at the tail end of the prayer. (Luke 11:2-4). We do have the confidence that the Lord will take care of us. Christian, let's count our blessings. First, we have been forgiven our sins (Romans 10:9-10). As such, we have the resulting peace of God. (Romans 5:1) and if THAT isn't enough we have the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7). Even in times of trial, we have the assurance of God's help. (Romans 8:26-39) All these burdens have been lifted! We have little to concern ourselves with except to pray unselfishly. May God help us to do what works.
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