James 5

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1. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites James 5:16

   …s receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” James 5:16 — “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Chapter 1 — Charles Spurg…

2. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Introduction: The Secret of Those Who Shook the World cites James 5:16

   …tions when he declared that “the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV). He was pointing to something real, something verifiable, something that the men in…

3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites James 5: 10

   …e. ‘Take, my brethren, the prophets for an example of suffering affliction and patience.’ James 5: 10. Satan labours to take advantage of us in affliction, by making us either faint or murmur…

4. Lectures on Revivals of Religion · Charles G. Finney

   Lecture IV. Prevailing Prayer cites James v. 16

   … PREVAILING PRAYER. Text.—The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.—James v. 16. THE last lecture referred principally to the confession of sin. To-night my remarks will…

5. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   E. M. Bounds — The Apostle of Prayer cites James 5:16

   …” James had put it bluntly: “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV). And Elijah’s example in the following verse — a man “just like us” who prayed and …

6. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

   The Holy Spirit the Spirit of Healing cites James 5:15

   …renounce sin, and to consecrate himself entirely to God and to His service (I Cor. 10:31; James 5:15, 16; Heb. 12:10). Divine healing tends to glorify Jesus. It is God’s will that His Son sh…

7. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

   Sin and Sickness cites James 5:15

   …him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another that ye may be healed” (James 5:15, 16). Here, as in other Scriptures, the pardon of sins and the healing of sickness are cl…

8. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

   According to the Measure of Faith cites James 5:16

   …he Corinthians, and James in his to the twelve tribes scattered abroad (I Cor. 11:31, 32; James 5:16). Thus the degree of spiritual grace which it is possible for us to receive depends upon …

9. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

   The Way of Faith cites James 5:15

   …ray. Prayer without faith is powerless. It is “the prayer of faith” which saves the sick (James 5:15). If you have already asked for healing from the Lord, or if others have asked it for you…

10. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Let Him That Is Healed Glorify God cites James 5:15

    …conscience and the confession of sins should be the preparation for it (I Cor. 11: 30—32; James 5:15, 16). One who is so healed is called to consecrate himself quite anew and entirely to the…

11. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Fervent and Effectual Prayer cites James 5:16

    …s. And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit” (James 5:16—18). James knew that a faith which obtains healing is not the fruit of human nature; ther…

12. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites Jas. 5.20

    … ‘He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death’ (Jas. 5.20). ‘The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise’ (Prov…

13. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Not by Our Own Power cites James 5:16

    … “the prayer of faith,” “the supplication of a righteous man avails much in its working” (James 5:16, R.V.), are in danger of being too much occupied with the human instrument which God is p…

14. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    John Praying Hyde — The Apostle of Prayer in India cites James 5:16

    … true for every generation: “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV). Hyde was righteous — not in his own merit, but in Christ. And his prayer was power…

15. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Of the necessity and benefit of intercession, considered as an exercise of universal love. How all orders of men are to pray and intercede with God for one another. How naturally such intercession amends and reforms the hearts of those that use it cites James v. 16

    …sage of holy Scripture, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." [James v. 16] This makes him practise all the arts of holy living, and aspire after every instance of …

16. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Evelyn Christenson — What Happens When Women Pray cites James 5:16

    …every teaching opportunity: “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV). She built her entire ministry on the conviction that this was not aspirational lan…

17. Men of Prayer · Ochorus Originals

    A. R. Torrey (1856 – 1928) cites James 5:16

    … did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.” Key Scriptures James 5:16 — “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Romans 8:26 — “The Spir…

18. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    The Life That Can Pray cites James v. 16

    …nto you.”—John xv. 7. “The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.”—James v. 16. “Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; and whatsoever we as…

19. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Conclusion: The Invitation Still Stands cites James 5:16

    … The Father is listening. “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” — James 5:16 (NIV)

20. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites James 5:16

    …2 Corinthians 5:7 — “For we live by faith, not by sight.” Chapter 10 — Evelyn Christenson James 5:16 — “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Matthew 18:19–20 — “Again…

21. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Accountability cites James 5:16

    …r so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective" (James 5:16). There is healing in confession. Not to a priest in a dark box, but to a brother in the …

22. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit and the Believer's Body cites James 5:14

    …out doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” In James 5:14, the Apostle writes, “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the church's elders, and…

23. Prayer and Praying Men · E. M. Bounds

    Praying Saints of the Old Testaments cites James 5:15

    …igating this incident of a praying woman and the answer she received. It is suggestive in James 5:15 that “The prayer of faith shall save the sick,” the word translated means a vow. So that …

24. Tukutendereza · Ochorus Originals

    Erica Sabiti — Ordained Six Years Before He Was Filled cites James 5:16

    …it “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed” (James 5:16). The promise attached is healing, and the instruction is reciprocal — one to another, no…

25. The Gospel of Healing · A. B. Simpson

    The Scriptural Foundation cites James v. 14

    … placed within the reach of all God's suffering saints? We turn with deep interest to 10. James v. 14. "Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray ov…

26. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Intercessor cites James 5: 16

    …hat it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ” James 5: 16, 17. There is nothing that so much weakens the force of the call to imitate the example o…

27. Prayer and Praying Men · E. M. Bounds

    Elijah, the Praying Prophet cites James 5:17

    …d name and violated law, and to vindicate His servants. Instead of “prayed earnestly,” in James 5:17, the Revised Version has it, “In his prayer he prayed,” or “with prayer he prayed.” That …

28. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites James v. 15

    …from sickness “Thy prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” (James v. 15). They prevail for victory over enemies. “Lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left…

29. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    God’s Prescription for the Sick cites James 5:14

    … the Lord shall raise him up, and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him” (James 5:14, 15). This text, above all others, is that which most clearly declares to the sick what t…

30. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    The Lord That Healeth Thee cites James 5:15

    … the Apostle James this new promise: “The prayer of faith shall save [or heal] the sick” (James 5:15). She knows that at all times it has been unbelief which has limited (or set bounds to) t…

31. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Conversion of Watchman Nee cites James 5:16

    …ruth. James says, “Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another” (James 5:16, ASV). The command is not limited to people of equal status. For a young Nee, seeing Chri…

32. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Intercessory Prayer cites James 5:16

    …that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working” (James 5:16, R.V.). James begins by speaking to us of the prayers of the elders of the church; but he…

33. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    The Prayer of Faith cites James 5:15

    “The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” (James 5:15). The prayer of faith! Only once does this expression occur in the Bible, and it relates …

34. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Anointing in the Name of the Lord cites James 5:14

    … the church: and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord” (James 5:14). Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.” These words have given rise to controv…

35. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Charles Spurgeon — The Prince of Preachers Who Prayed cites James 5:16

    …e. James’s declaration that “the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16, NIV) was not aspirational language to Spurgeon — it was the operating principle of his e…

36. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites James v. 11

    …or his patience! God leaves his name upon record: “Ye have heard of the patience of Job” (James v. 11). Job the sufferer was more renowned than Alexander the conqueror. (8.) Afflictions work …

37. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Conditions of Effectual Prayer cites James 5:16

    …ers of His people. "The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." — James 5:16 Now, why is it that the great mass of professing Christians do not get answers to their p…

38. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of June cites James 5:8

    … LONG "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh" James 5:8 The last word in the Canticle of love is, "Make haste, my beloved," and among the last wo…

39. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites James 5: 16

    …3] Prayer must be fired with zeal and fervency. ‘Effectual fervent prayer availeth much.’ James 5: 16. Cold prayer, like cold suitors, never speed. Prayer without fervency, is like a sacrific…

40. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence cites James 5:15

    …sick. “The prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” (James 5:15, ASV). At the same time, not every faithful believer is healed in this life. Timothy had …

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