Teach Us To Pray - Elements of Prayer

James 5:13-16
13 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.

and hardships should be
to faith-filled prayers. You don’t pray because you are suffering, you pray because you believe God about the suffering and hardships happening in world.

14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.

and should also be springboards to prayer. This invokes another element of prayer; with oil by the . This element of prayer reminds you that not only do you need God, but you also need the local and authority.

16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

and the it creates should also be a
for prayer. This invokes still another element of prayer;
and prayer for one another. This teaches you that not only do you need , but you need a community.

We

each other; you can’t do this by . Different
require different of prayer. Each of these of prayer has a denominator, earnest, .

James 5:16

16 …The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

If your

don’t you, why do you they will God?