3. The Fervent Prayers Of The Righteous
By Pastor Fee Soliven
James 5:16-20
Wednesday Evening
September 6, 2017

4.  16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

5.  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.

6.  19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

7.  20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

8. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

9. Genesis 20:17
“Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children”

10. John 9:31
“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will”

11. Psalm 107:28-30
28 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 29 He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. 30 Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven

12. Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

13. “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Matthew 21:22
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

14. Mark 11:24
“Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

15. John 14:13-14
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it

16. 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.

17. 1 Kings 17
1 Then Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, "As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives-the God whom I worship and serve-there won't be any dew or rain for several years until I say the word!" 2 Then the Lord said to Elijah,

18. 3 "Go to the east and hide by Cherith Brook at a place east of where it enters the Jordan River. 4 Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to feed you." 5 So he did as the Lord had told him to and camped beside the brook.

19. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 But after awhile the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. 8 Then the Lord said to him, "Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. There is a widow there who will feed you. I have given her my instructions."

20. 10 So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the city he saw a widow gathering sticks; and he asked her for a cup of water. 11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, "Bring me a bite of bread too."

21. 12 But she said, "I swear by the Lord your God that I haven't a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jar. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I must die of starvation."

22. 13 But Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid
13 But Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid! Go ahead and cook that 'last meal,' but bake me a little loaf of bread first; and afterwards there will still be enough food for you and your son. 14 For the Lord God of Israel says that there will always be plenty of flour and oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!" 15 So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her son continued to eat from her supply of flour and oil as long as it was needed.

23. 16 For no matter how much they used, there was always plenty left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah! 17 But one day the woman's son became sick and died. 18 "O man of God," she cried, "what have you done to me? Have you come here to punish my sins by killing my son?"

24. 19 "Give him to me," Elijah replied
19 "Give him to me," Elijah replied. And he took the boy's body from her and carried it upstairs to the guest room where he lived, and laid the body on his bed, 20 and then cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, why have you killed the son of this widow with whom I am staying?"

25.  21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, please let this child's spirit return to him." 22 And the Lord heard Elijah's prayer; and the spirit of the child returned, and he became alive again!

26. 23 Then Elijah took him downstairs and gave him to his mother. "See
23 Then Elijah took him downstairs and gave him to his mother. "See! He's alive!" he beamed. 24 "Now I know for sure that you are a prophet," she told him afterward, "and that whatever you say is from the Lord!"

27. 19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

28. Daniel 12:2-3
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall wake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

29. Proverbs 11:30
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.”

30. 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

31. 1 John 5:15-20
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

32. 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

33. Psalm 32:1-2
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

34. 1 Peter 4:7-8
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."