'THE WICKED QUEEN FEARED THE PRAYERS OF JOHN KNOX MORE THAN AN INVADING ARMY'
''....The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. 19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the '' JAMES 5
''....When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. 25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:
" 'Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
26The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together
against the Lord
and against his Anointed One.'' ACTS 4
''29Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 30Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
31After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.'' ACTS 4
''9 For surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.''
''16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? '' PSALM 94
''3 Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side.''
'' 7 All who worship images are put to shame,
those who boast in idols—
''4 Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.'' PSALM 80
