{"id":90641,"date":"2021-03-10T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/pray-for-one-another\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T05:07:31","slug":"pray-for-one-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/pray-for-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for One Another"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pray for One Another!&nbsp;&nbsp; James 5:13-18<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Job lost everything when he\nrefused to curse God for his troubles.&nbsp;\nThe Lord rewarded him by restoring everything even better than\nbefore.&nbsp; Job showed us the real business\nof life \u2013 worshipping God through every test, every challenge, every\nstumble.&nbsp; This means praying not just for\nyourself, but for others.&nbsp; There may be a\nhurting soul quietly pleading for someone to pray to deliverance, knowing that\nGod hears our prayers for each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is where our lesson today\nleads us.&nbsp; After learning how to pray from\nChrist and finding out how much invested in prayer He was, today our lesson\ntakes us beyond the realm of our own needs to lift others up before the Lord.\nBe blessed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>James 5:13<\/strong>-15<strong>&nbsp; \u201cIs any\u2026\u201d <\/strong>is what these series of\nquestions coming from James is opening with and it speaks volumes to Christians\neverywhere.&nbsp; It lets us know that there\nis a universal need for prayer.&nbsp; Men and\nwomen, no matter their status in life, need to be lifted up before God via a\nheavenly petition and we have the responsibility to do the lifting.&nbsp; F.B. Meyers who said, \u201cThe greatest tragedy\nof life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Suffering can come in the form\nof troubled hearts and minds or troubled bodies dealing with illness.&nbsp; James keyed us in on what we can do: \u201cPRAY!\u201d&nbsp; Psalm 50:15 says, \u201cAnd call upon me in the\nday of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.\u201d&nbsp; If there is trouble of any kind for anyone:\n\u201cPRAY!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Will that deliverance come\ninstantly?&nbsp; For some, perhaps it will but\nfor others, no.&nbsp; There are times when\nGod\u2019s deliverance doesn\u2019t look the way we think it should look.&nbsp; &nbsp;Take\nPaul for instance who prayed three times and God\u2019s answer of deliverance was\n\u201cgrace,\u201d (2 Corinthians 12:9).&nbsp; God\u2019s\ngrace was going to see him through his \u201cthorn in the flesh,\u201d thereby fostering\na spirit of deliverance deep down on the inside of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cDon\u2019t worry about anything;\ninstead, pray about everything.&nbsp; Tell God\nwhat you need, and thank him for all he has done,\u201d (Philippians 4:6, NLT\nversion).&nbsp; \u201cAny\u201d is everything and James\u2019\nanswer for it all is to \u201cPRAY!\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The prayer of faith shall save\nthe sick.\u201d&nbsp; Jesus once told the\ncenturion, \u201cGo thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee,\u201d\n(Matthew 8:13).&nbsp; \u201cFaith\u201d plays a key role\nin the receiving of miracles and praying for others (see also Mark 10:52).&nbsp; This faith is being sure and confident in the\nOne to whom we pray for healing.&nbsp; It\u2019s\nthat blessed assurance belief that He \u201cis faithful that promised,\u201d (Hebrews\n10:23), if it be within His will.&nbsp; As we\nhave seen with Paul, sometimes God wants His \u201cgrace\u201d to be manifested.&nbsp; At other times prayers may be asked \u201camiss,\u201d\n(James 4:3) resulting in going unanswered.&nbsp;\nRegardless, prayer is NEVER the wrong answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIf he committed sins, they\nshall be forgiven them.\u201d&nbsp; Part of the\nelders job involves praying for the restoration of the sin sick individual; the\none who has \u201cmissed the mark\u201d and is seeking to be healed spiritually (compare\nChrist\u2019s example in Luke 7:44-48).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>James 5:13&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Continuing with the theme of \u201cforgiveness\u201d\nand \u201cprayer\u201d James teaches to \u201cconfess your faults one to another, and pray one\nfor another, that ye may be healed.\u201d&nbsp;\nSpiritual healing as well as physical healing can be found when we\n\u201cconfess\u201d and \u201cpray one for another.\u201d&nbsp; We\nalso have the responsibility to only confer with one another about our\nshortcomings and sin, but we have to take it to the Lord.&nbsp; 1 John 1:9 says, \u201cIf we confess our sins, he\nis faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all\nunrighteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>James 5:17-18&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Here, we are given the illustration of\nElijah.&nbsp; It did not rain for 3\u00bd\nyears.&nbsp; When Elijah prayed again, it\nrained.&nbsp; <strong>The\nprayers of a righteous man made the difference.&nbsp;\n\u201cThe eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto\ntheir cry,\u201d (Psalm 34:15, emphasis mine).&nbsp;\nYour prayers work and God hears them.&nbsp;\nDon\u2019t ever let the enemy convince you that your prayers are for naught,\nbecause they aren\u2019t.&nbsp; Your prayers are\nnot reliant on your strength or power; rather, He to whom you are releasing\nyour cares, your worries and the plights of your fellow man. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pray for One Another!&nbsp;&nbsp; James 5:13-18 Job lost everything when he refused to curse God for his troubles.&nbsp; The Lord rewarded him by restoring everything even better than before.&nbsp; Job showed us the real business of life \u2013 worshipping God through every test, every challenge, every stumble.&nbsp; 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