The Prayer of Faith

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). There are those times when one could almost wish that the text meant, as some would insist, that such prayer could heal the sick or raise the dead. Just yesterday, we had the funeral service for a little seven-year-old boy. His brother and a friend remain hospitalized in critical condition -- all this, after an automobile "accident". If only one could pray over those and restore to life and full health! Do not others...