Thursday Night Service = Sept 27, 2018 = James 5:13-20

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Last Thursday Night, we finished our trip through the little epistle of James (as dictated by the Lectionary), and as James focused basically throughout his letter, once again it was concerned ultimately with unity and caring for each other.

We are called to be concerned about each other's physical and even more-so the others spiritual health.  James calls us to never abandon one another in either situation.  His concern is for the health of the 'Body of Christ' and he throughout his letter has urged all of us to be concerned as well.  He calls us to reach out to each other spiritually through prayer and physically through intercession.

We must care enough to care for one another in all aspects of our lives...

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Together in Christ,
Roy

James 5:13-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Prayer of Faith
13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.

19 My brothers and sisters,[a] if anyone among you wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, 20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[b] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Footnotes:
a) James 5:19 Gk My brothers
b) James 5:20 Gk his