Prayer is Our Power Tool
Pastor Stan Beall
Part of Toolbox: Essential Tools for Life—June 2022 Message Series
June 12, 2022

Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:13–16 NIV

I should pray when I need to be fixed

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Is anyone among you in trouble? James 5:13a

I should pray when I need to be fixed

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Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. James 5:14–15

I should pray when I need to be fixed

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Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16

Who can pray?

can pray!

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16

Effective prayer: I must

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You do not have because you do not ask God. James 4:2 NIV

Effective prayer: I must have the right

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When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:3 NIV

Effective prayer: I must live a

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The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16 NIV

Effective prayer: I must ask in

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But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt. James 1:6a NIV

Memory Verse

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16b NIV

Next Steps

• I will pray this week about my emotional, physical, and spiritual needs.
• I will pray this week and ask God for faith and trust in His will for my life.
• I will pray this week for the “power tool of prayer” to help me live righteously.

My Notes