
Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. —James 5:16-17
Introduction:
James is the little brother of Jesus, the Bishop of Jerusalem, and martyred in AD 62.
James writes to
(Barclay)
Chapter 1:
God does not tempt anyone and all good things come from God. (James 1:17)
Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, and be
Chapter 2:
God shows no favoritism and faith without doing God’s will is
Chapter 3:
We are to use our words for
Chapter 4:
We are to
“James is demanding a voluntary restraint from lavish luxury and excessive comfort. He is talking to people who are in love with the world, and he is pleading with them not to make luxury and comfort the standards by which they judge all life.” —William Barclay
This Week in chapter 5:
James attacks the
James warns that Jesus’ return could be unexpectedly painful for
We will be judged for every from of self-assertion that seeks advantage at the
“The world is not, as the arrogant suppose, a closed system whose prize goes to the most ruthless. It is an open system answerable to the God who creates it.” —Professor Luke T. Johnson
James is telling us to
James believed Jesus was coming back in his
Don’t
Let your language be
Instructions for Life: If you are hurting
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If you are feeling great,
If you are sick,
If you are well, go
“James calls for a community that rallies around the sick and sinful in order to heal and save them.” —Professor Luke T. Johnson
We sin in
“Most people prefer a form of secret slander to the open and candid correction of another in love.” —Professor Luke T. Johnson
We do the praying and God’s goodness does the
With God, nothing is wasted, no one is hopeless, and no situation is beyond the loving reach of Jesus.
Action Step:
Pray this prayer for every person in worship with you today:
“May the power of God’s indwelling presence heal you of all illnesses – of body, mind, spirit, and relationships – that you may serve God with a loving heart. Amen.”
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