James Teaches Prayer and Healing James 5:13-18

James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 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.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times

1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Ephesians 6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times Matthew 6:7 “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.”

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times James 5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times Matthew 9:2 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” … 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 7 And he rose and went home.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times Acts 19:11 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

REFLECTION 28: Pray at all times

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate

James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate Matthew 5:23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate “Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate “Therefore when I admonish you to confession, I’m admonishing you to be a Christian!” Martin Luther

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate James 5:16b The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate Matthew 21:13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

REFLECTION 29: Powerful prayer is pure and passionate