Jas 5:13-20 "Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 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. 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. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 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. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."
"If
you are suffering in any way and you don't know what direction to go, seek God
in prayer. If you are happy and all is going well sing praises to God giving
Him credit. If you are weak in your faith don't languish about by yourself,
call the shepherds, those appointed to watch over your faith, let them pray
over you and care for you by pouring oil and anointing you, in the Name of the
LORD; and their faithful prayers will give you a restoration from your
weariness, and the strength of the LORD will again raise you up to a sense of
fullness and forgiveness. So realize this, that faith is a matter we must
sustain together and for one another. We need to pray for one another and
confess our sins to one another, in order that we can be fully restored to one
another if we have sinned. The kind of praying we need in the face of sin and
weakness of faith is from Godly people, People like Elijah who prayed that it
wouldn't rain and it didn't for over three years. And he prayed again and it
did rain. So if any of you as beloved sheep are straying from the truth, not
living by faith, another one of you is responsible to try to restore a faithful
walk in that person. Remember if you turn someone away from sin you are
involved in saving their soul and that act of love and concern and faith covers
over many sins."
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