children ask. Out of this generous love, he has given us his Son, who ever lives to intercede. Again and again in Scripture God shows his inclination to hear the prayers of even one person. Abraham alone pleaded for Sodom (Gen. 18:22–33). Moses alone interceded for Israel (Num. 14:13–19). Elijah was one godly man—things had gotten so bad in Israel that he thought he was the only godly man—whose prayer for rain was heard and granted by our Lord (James 5:17–18). And the sick man at Bethesda had no one