Such people possess a gift for praying fervently and frequently. Not all Christians have the same gift for fervent prayer in the Spirit. If James did not mean that, he might have left out the mention of “a righteous person” and simply said, “Prayer has power.” In short, godliness empowers prayer. Godliness entails a Christ-centered pursuit of all that God requires and an avoidance of all that he forbids. James next mentions the example of the godly Elijah (James 5:17), whose fervent prayer accomplished