Hello dear friends,   
      
   Let us open our Bibles to James Chapter 5, verse 13.  Today, we'll be   
   discussing the Prayer of Faith.  Believing and resting our trust in   
   our Lord God through prayer.   
      
   Jas 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let   
   him sing psalms.   
      
   Whether you're in trouble or just have a happy heart, God wants to   
   hear your prayers.  He knows what's in your heart, He wants you to   
   acknowledge Him and make special time with Him personally.   
      
   Jas 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the   
   church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the   
   name of the Lord:   
   Jas 5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord   
   shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be   
   forgiven him.   
      
   And, if you're not feeling well, go to your church and ask the   
   pastor to pray for you.  The key thing here is believing to receive   
   the healing from our Lord.   
      
   Also, if you know if you have done wrong in the sight of God, do not   
   worry.  He has made you righteous if you've already accepted Him.  He   
   is always with us wherever we go.   
      
   Jas 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for   
   another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a   
   righteous man availeth much.   
      
   It's good not to hold things in.  Release your faith and open up to   
   what you may have done wrong, as well as, pray for one another.  A   
   prayer from a righteous person is powerful and effective!   
      
   Jas 5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he   
   prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the   
   earth by the space of three years and six months.   
   Jas 5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the   
   earth brought forth her fruit.   
      
   See here.  Elias had done wrong and God forgave him and even answered   
   his prayer.  So come to a point where you trust and rely on Him for   
   all your needs and your prayers will be answered.   
      
   Jas 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one   
   convert him;   
   Jas 5:20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the   
   error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a   
   multitude of sins.   
      
   Isn't that wonderful news?  If one of us is at fault and is corrected   
   that it will cover many sins and they will no longer be remembered!   
      
   I hope you enjoyed this message.  I will try to write more at a later   
   time.  Peace of joy be with you.   
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