14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [a]anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer [b]offered in faith will [c]restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, [d]they will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective [e]prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed [f]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the [g]sky [h]poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know that [i]he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. —James 5:14-20

Introduction

I. Sadness (13a)

II. Sweetness (13b)

III. Sickness (14-18)

A. The Problem (14a)

B. The Procedure (14b)

C. The Product (15-16)

D. The Pattern (17-18)

IV. Sinfulness (19-20)

Application

A. Healing

B. Praying
1. Intensity of the Asking
2. Integrity of the Asker
3. Immensity of the Answer

C. Restoring