Answered Prayer James 5:16-18 The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. I.  An EXPLANATION of answered prayer. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (1) There is an INTEGRITY to prayer. “the effective, fervent prayer of