James 5:16
So make it your practice to confess your sins to each other and to pray for each other, so that you may be healed. When a righteous person prays, that prayer is at work, and it can do a great deal.
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- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites James 5:16
…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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites James 5:16
…John’s baptism confessed their sins, and James bids us confess our sins one to another (James 5:16). It is not strange that those who wished to be baptized confessed their sins. It has…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
Watching over One Another cites JAMES 5:16
…that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 For those who wanted to go deeper, there were smaller bands, grouped by sex and marital…
- Lectures on Revivals of Religion ·
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…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Introduction cites JAMES 5:16
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 E. M. Bounds died in 1913 in a small town in Georgia, known to a few friends and to the…
- Divine Healing ·
According to the Measure of Faith cites James 5:16
…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…
- Divine Healing ·
Fervent and Effectual Prayer cites James 5:16
…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…
- Divine Healing ·
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…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
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…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
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)
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
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 —…
- Christ the Healer ·
Did Jesus Redeem Us from Our Diseases When He Atoned for Our Sins? cites James 5:16
…Cor. 11:23-24). The sinner is to repent before believing the Gospel “unto righteousness.” James 5:16 says, “Confess, therefore, your sins . . . that ye may be healed.” Water baptism stands…
- Tukutendereza ·
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…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
A Rule of Life cites James 5:16
…that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” — James 5:16, KJV Fame and Its Dangers By 1941 Lewis was becoming famous, and he knew the danger. He…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites James 5:16
…daily burden of letters guarded Lewis against the dangers of fame. Scriptures to revisit James 5:16; Matthew 6:1-6; 2 Corinthians 9:7. Reflection 1. Who knows the worst about you? 2. What…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
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…
- The Inner Chamber ·
The Intercessor cites James 5: 16
…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…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
Letters on Prayer cites JAMES 5:16
…for doing what He does. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 Lewis also admitted a difficulty he could not solve. The New Testament seems to give two…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Conversion of Watchman Nee cites James 5:16
…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…
- Divine Healing ·
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…
- The Key Teachings of George MacDonald ·
Men Ought Always to Pray cites JAMES 5:16
…it was made to produce? The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 He did not think the laws of nature were a cage around God. “Law is the slave of Life.”…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Charles Spurgeon — The Prince of Preachers Who Prayed cites James 5:16
…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…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Accountability cites James 5:16
…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…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Prevailing Prayer cites JAMES 5:16
…that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 Finney’s fourth lecture on revivals, which Ochorus also carries as a sermon, gave the…
- Men of Prayer ·
R. A. 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 (NKJV) — “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Romans 8:26…
- C. S. Lewis (For Teens) ·
Who Knows the Worst About You? cites James 5:16
…that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” — James 5:16 (KJV) By 1941 strangers were writing to tell Lewis that he had changed their lives. That…
- The Story of Amanda Smith (For Children) ·
Grandmother’s Prayers by the Dairy cites James 5:16
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” — James 5:16 Before Amanda’s father could buy his family, something had to change. And it changed…
- The Ministry of Intercession ·
The Life That Can Pray cites James v. 16
…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…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Introduction: The Secret of Those Who Shook the World cites James 5:16
…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…
- With Christ in the School of Prayer ·
Obedience the Path to Power in Prayer cites James. v. 16
…it you.’—John xv. 16. ‘The fervent effectual prayer of a righteous man availeth much.’—James. v. 16. THE promise of the Father’s giving whatsoever we ask is here once again renewed, in such…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
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…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Is Porn Really That Bad? cites James 5:16
…“confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed” (James 5:16). Pick a parent, a youth leader or an older Christian you trust. Secrets grow in the dark…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
A Priesthood of All Believers cites JAMES 5:16
…Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. JAMES 5:16 Priests for one another It is easy to misunderstand the priesthood of all believers as a…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
A Voice from the Veld cites JAMES 5:16
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 A praying household. Andrew Murray was born on the ninth of May, 1828, at Graaff-Reinet…
- The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor ·
The Finished Work cites JAMES 5:16
…until he was converted. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 From the beginning, he says, he was led to feel that the promises were very real, and…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
The Son of These Tears cites JAMES 5:16
…heroine beyond our reach. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 She was also, it should be said, a patient wife. Married young to Patricius, a man of…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
The Conditions of Effectual Prayer cites JAMES 5:16
…will not move to meet us. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 She set out the conditions as “a four-linked chain,” connecting the soul with the heart…
- The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody ·
Prevailing Prayer cites JAMES 5:16
…of a life lived near Him. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Look at the last week of your prayers. How much was asking…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
Intercession Every Christian’s Duty cites JAMES 5:16
…prayed and the rain came. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 And it joins us to the work of Christ. This is the most beautiful thing in the sermon.…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
Confession to One Another cites JAMES 5:16
…that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. JAMES 5:16 Life Together ends with a chapter on confession and the Lord’s Supper, and it is the part…
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