James 5:16

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
American Standard Version

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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. 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…

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. 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 …

  10. 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…

  11. 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…

  12. 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…

  13. 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)

  14. 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…

  15. 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 …

  16. 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…

  17. 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…

  18. 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…

  19. 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…

  20. 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…

  21. 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…

  22. 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…

  23. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites James 5:16

    …e, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to answer him. February 6 “Pray one for another.” (James 5:16) As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer i…

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