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James 5:13
James 5:13
“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” You find that statement in James 5:13. And this statement reveals to us a great deal about the Church and about the Christian life and about what God can do for us. For example, James was writing to a group of people, believers, and they were going through a variety of experiences. Some were afflicted, he said to them “pray.” Some were rejoicing, he said “sing psalms.”
I hope that the fellow that was afflicted wasn’t envious of the fellow who was healthy and merry. And I hope that the fellow that was merry and healthy was not looking down on the afflicted member and saying, “You must not be very spiritual or you wouldn’t be sick!” In fact, in the next few verses, James talks about people who are sick in the church and they call for the elders to come to pray for them. Remember, there is a variety of experiences among God’s people. That’s why Paul told us that we should weep with those who weep and we should rejoice with those who rejoice.
I can recall in my pastoral ministry having had the experience of conducting a funeral service in the morning and a wedding service at night. And in the next day dedicating a baby! What a variety of experiences, and yet they all are a part of the Church. There are those who rejoice at the birth of a baby, there are those who weep at the loss of a loved one. Be sensitive to the needs of other people today.
Notice secondly, the power of prayer. “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray.” Now prayer does not always bring healing, but prayer always brings the grace that we need to take care of our affliction. I think too of the power of praise. “Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” The early church took the psalms of David and turned them into songs and they rejoiced in the Lord.
Praise and prayer have power. You’ve seen that motto that says, “Prayer changes things.” I’ve noticed a new one now, “Praise changes things” and it does. Let’s be sensitive to the needs of others, there are so many different experiences in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. And let’s be sensitive to know when to pray and when to praise.
“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” You find that statement in James 5:13. And this statement reveals to us a great deal about the Church and about the Christian life and about what God can do for us. For example, James was writing to a group of people, believers, and they were going through a variety of experiences. Some were afflicted, he said to them “pray.” Some were rejoicing, he said “sing psalms.”
I hope that the fellow that was afflicted wasn’t envious of the fellow who was healthy and merry. And I hope that the fellow that was merry and healthy was not looking down on the afflicted member and saying, “You must not be very spiritual or you wouldn’t be sick!” In fact, in the next few verses, James talks about people who are sick in the church and they call for the elders to come to pray for them. Remember, there is a variety of experiences among God’s people. That’s why Paul told us that we should weep with those who weep and we should rejoice with those who rejoice.
I can recall in my pastoral ministry having had the experience of conducting a funeral service in the morning and a wedding service at night. And in the next day dedicating a baby! What a variety of experiences, and yet they all are a part of the Church. There are those who rejoice at the birth of a baby, there are those who weep at the loss of a loved one. Be sensitive to the needs of other people today.
Notice secondly, the power of prayer. “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray.” Now prayer does not always bring healing, but prayer always brings the grace that we need to take care of our affliction. I think too of the power of praise. “Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” The early church took the psalms of David and turned them into songs and they rejoiced in the Lord.
Praise and prayer have power. You’ve seen that motto that says, “Prayer changes things.” I’ve noticed a new one now, “Praise changes things” and it does. Let’s be sensitive to the needs of others, there are so many different experiences in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. And let’s be sensitive to know when to pray and when to praise.
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“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” You find that statement in James 5:13. And this statement reveals to us a great deal about the Church and about the Christian life and about what God can do for us. For example, James was writing to a group of people, believers, and they were going through a variety of experiences. Some were afflicted, he said to them “pray.” Some were rejoicing, he said “sing psalms.”
I hope that the fellow that was afflicted wasn’t envious of the fellow who was healthy and merry. And I hope that the fellow that was merry and healthy was not looking down on the afflicted member and saying, “You must not be very spiritual or you wouldn’t be sick!” In fact, in the next few verses, James talks about people who are sick in the church and they call for the elders to come to pray for them. Remember, there is a variety of experiences among God’s people. That’s why Paul told us that we should weep with those who weep and we should rejoice with those who rejoice.
I can recall in my pastoral ministry having had the experience of conducting a funeral service in the morning and a wedding service at night. And in the next day dedicating a baby! What a variety of experiences, and yet they all are a part of the Church. There are those who rejoice at the birth of a baby, there are those who weep at the loss of a loved one. Be sensitive to the needs of other people today.
Notice secondly, the power of prayer. “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray.” Now prayer does not always bring healing, but prayer always brings the grace that we need to take care of our affliction. I think too of the power of praise. “Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” The early church took the psalms of David and turned them into songs and they rejoiced in the Lord.
Praise and prayer have power. You’ve seen that motto that says, “Prayer changes things.” I’ve noticed a new one now, “Praise changes things” and it does. Let’s be sensitive to the needs of others, there are so many different experiences in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. And let’s be sensitive to know when to pray and when to praise.
“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” You find that statement in James 5:13. And this statement reveals to us a great deal about the Church and about the Christian life and about what God can do for us. For example, James was writing to a group of people, believers, and they were going through a variety of experiences. Some were afflicted, he said to them “pray.” Some were rejoicing, he said “sing psalms.”
I hope that the fellow that was afflicted wasn’t envious of the fellow who was healthy and merry. And I hope that the fellow that was merry and healthy was not looking down on the afflicted member and saying, “You must not be very spiritual or you wouldn’t be sick!” In fact, in the next few verses, James talks about people who are sick in the church and they call for the elders to come to pray for them. Remember, there is a variety of experiences among God’s people. That’s why Paul told us that we should weep with those who weep and we should rejoice with those who rejoice.
I can recall in my pastoral ministry having had the experience of conducting a funeral service in the morning and a wedding service at night. And in the next day dedicating a baby! What a variety of experiences, and yet they all are a part of the Church. There are those who rejoice at the birth of a baby, there are those who weep at the loss of a loved one. Be sensitive to the needs of other people today.
Notice secondly, the power of prayer. “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray.” Now prayer does not always bring healing, but prayer always brings the grace that we need to take care of our affliction. I think too of the power of praise. “Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” The early church took the psalms of David and turned them into songs and they rejoiced in the Lord.
Praise and prayer have power. You’ve seen that motto that says, “Prayer changes things.” I’ve noticed a new one now, “Praise changes things” and it does. Let’s be sensitive to the needs of others, there are so many different experiences in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. And let’s be sensitive to know when to pray and when to praise.