Prayer: Good Advice from James for Anyone Who is Suffering in This World!

 

Beloved:

Is anyone among you suffering?

He should pray.

Is anyone in good spirits?

He should sing a song of praise.

Is anyone among you sick?

He should summon the presbyters of the Church,

and they should pray over him

and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

The prayer of faith will save the sick person,

and the Lord will raise him up.

If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another

and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

Elijah was a man like us;

yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain,

and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land.

Then Elijah prayed again, and the sky gave rain

and the earth produced its fruit.

My brothers and sisters,

if anyone among you should stray from the truth

and someone bring him back,

he should know that whoever brings back a sinner

from the error of his way will save his soul from death

and will cover a multitude of sins.

~James 5:13-20

What a Bible verse packed with a punch! So much here to heed! Mostly we need God, we need to pray, and we need to give thanks for all! We need to stop sinning. It causes a lot of problems in our world. Selfishness is one of the biggest problems in our society today that causes so many problems for our world as a whole. We need to turn from all sin! We need to pray, be upright and holy, give praise to our Lord always!  The power of prayer has been proven here!