James 5

Day 9 of 21 · 21 Days of Prayer

16

So confess your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very strong in its working.

17

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain in the land for three years and six months.

18

Then Elijah prayed again. The heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

CONTEXT

Original word: δέησις (déēsis) · a petition

REFLECTION

In James 5:16, prayer is connected to trust. What are you trusting God with?

PRAYER

Jesus, thank you that you pray for us. Help me pray for others today. Amen.

QUESTION

Who could you pray for today?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Pray for one person by name.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

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Source

unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: eBible.org (engULB). Changes: reformatted for display (USFM to verses); no wording changed. Audio and other adaptations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.

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