Read from your Bible James 5:13-18 and reflect on Prayer.<\/p>\n
James points out some key things about prayer. \u00a0I would like to point out a few.<\/p>\n
First James tells us to prayer if we are suffering. \u00a0We have a God who hears us and he wants us to come to him, to ask him for help. \u00a0By asking God it also allows us t reflect on weather we are asking in our will or God’s will.<\/p>\n
Second if things are going well, Praise God! \u00a0He wants us to praise him, sing psalms to him, when things are going well in our life. \u00a0Don’t forget where all blessings come from! \u00a0If we are in God’s will, even if things are not going as we want them to, we need to be singing blessings to God. \u00a0I think of Paul and Silas in prison singing to God (Acts 16:25). \u00a0Were things going well? No, but they were in God’s will and they were praising God for being able to preach the Word. \u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n
Third: Sick, call the elders! \u00a0If I have a runny noise should I call the elders, no. \u00a0If I am really sick, I am instructed to call for prayer. \u00a0Often I hear people say “I was sick and no one came, they just don’t care” to which I ask DID YOU CALL THE ELDERS (leaders)? To which they usually say NO! \u00a0We can not expect the leaders to know we are sick through osmosis or rumors. \u00a0WE MUST CALL if we need prayer for our illness. \u00a0God heals through the power of prayer!
\n“let them [the leaders] pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.” What does this mean? \u00a0In part oil was used as medicine but does this mean they will heal us? No! \u00a0It is a combination of many things, first that we are in God’s will, do we need to ask for forgiveness. Remember Job was sick not because of what he did but because he was being tested. \u00a0We might be sick not because we have sinned but because God is allowing us to be tested. \u00a0Part of this is how we react to this. \u00a0Also remember SIN is part of this fallen world and as such illnesses overtake us all and we will all die at some point, unless Jesus comes back first.<\/p>\n
Forth, GOD HEALS. \u00a0Is this the healing we want, not always, sometimes it is the ultimate healing, taking us home to heaven. \u00a0Sometimes it is the healing we want. \u00a0In all cases we are to give God praises.<\/p>\n
Grace is because of God, not us, not elders, not the preacher, but GOD Alone! \u00a0We need to always remember this and always give him praises for the grace he gives.
\nJames 5:13-18 (NKJV)
\nMeeting Specific Needs
\n13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
\n14 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.
\n15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
\n16 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.
\n17 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.
\n18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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