Wisdom in the Prayer of Faith

Many Faces of Wisdom

Faith and Wisdom in James
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

 

Two Kinds of Wisdom

James 5:13-20
New Revised Standard Version

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 rai,n 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.

For Reflection

Faith is not inanimate. In the vernacular, "Walk the walk."  Make each hour of each day a prayer to the living God.

Pray

Pray, read scripture, discuss your faith with others, contemplate the meaning of an active faith on your life and the lives of others with whom you live.


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