Praying and Pursuing

Robby Pollard, Lead Pastor

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James 5:13-20

¹³Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. ¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. ¹⁷Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ¹⁸Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. ¹⁹My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, ²⁰let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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James 5:13

¹³Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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Real faith produces genuine patience.

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James 1:5-6

⁵If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ⁶But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

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James 5:13

¹³Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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Real faith prays through trials.

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James 5:13

¹³Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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Psalms 121:1-2

¹A Song of Ascent. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? ²My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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James 5:13

¹³Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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James 5:14-15

¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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Luke 10:34

³⁴He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

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James 5:14-15

¹⁴Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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1 John 5:14

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

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James 5:15

¹⁵And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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James 5:16

¹⁶Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

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Five Laws of Suffering (Charles Swindoll)

 - There are two classifications of sin (original and personal).

 - Original sin introduced suffering.

 - Sometimes there is a direct relationship between personal sins and sickness.

 - Sometimes there is no relationship between personal sins and sickness.

 - It is not God's will that everyone be healed in this life.

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James 5:16

¹⁶Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

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James 5:17-18

¹⁷Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ¹⁸Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

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James 5:19-20

¹⁹My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, ²⁰let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

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Real faith works.

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Real faith prays through trials.

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Real faith pursues the fallen.