the Works & Wisdom of faith A Study of James – Part 22

Power in Prayer James 5:13-18

Outline Exhortation to Prayer Expectation in Prayer Example in Prayer

The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Big Idea The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Outline Exhortation to Pray

James 1:2-3 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him…

1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Philippians 4:6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Matthew 6:7-8 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Outline Expectation in Prayer

2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Hebrews 12:3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

1 Corinthians 11:28-30 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.

John 9:3 …“It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Outline Example in Prayer