Brethren, brother James is presently in a precarious situation and needs our prayers fervently, ceaselessly and urgently! You may not know him but I will try to describe him to you. Brother James is a christian, he is a member of your church or fellowship, and he is in your unit or cell group. He is a fervent christian but not well known because he doesn't preach from the pulpit. He doesn't hold any key position in the congregation of the saint. He is not like brother Peter who is well known and often prayed for every time. In Acts 12:1-11, brother James was killed by king Herod because the church did not pray for him. Maybe because he was not popular like brother Peter or because he was not as useful to the church as brother Peter. The church neglected brother James and allowed him to die because they failed to pray for him. But the truth was, brother James also was a good christian just as brother Peter was. That was why king Herod killed him! After king Herod killed brother James, he went further and apprehended brother Peter, then the whole church came together to pray WITHOUT CEASING for him and at the end brother Peter was released! What was the church waiting for when brother James was apprehended?
The truth is that there are more brother James in our local churches, fellowships or even units today than brother Peter. What are we doing about those brother James around us? Do we pray for them or wait and watch them go through destruction, backsliding, pain, agony, shame and suffering without lending a helping hand? But when something happens to brother Peter, we all will raise prayer points for him because he is our leader, influential or more anointed. Brethren, the church prayed for Peter and he escaped death but did not pray for James and he died.
Let us not only pray for the Peters amidst us but also the James'. Matthew 18:19
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