Verse of the Day

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

James 5:17-18

A governor asks a state to pray for rain. Scripture is unusually specific about who can pray that prayer, and what it costs to pray it honestly.