O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
A thank-you prayer after recovery: I cried to You, and You healed me.
James 5:16
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Confess to one another and pray for one another; a righteous person’s prayer has real power. It is not saying an unanswered prayer proves anyone unrighteous.
KJVJames 5:16 in context
13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14Is any sick among you? 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 shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Practical wisdom for living out faith, traditionally attributed to James, “the Lord’s brother” (Galatians 1:19).
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Is any sick among you? 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: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Do not carry illness alone: call the elders of the church to pray over you and anoint you. The prayer is theirs to pray and the healing is the Lord’s to give; an unanswered prayer is not a verdict on your faith.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah’s suffering servant, fulfilled in Jesus: His wounds bring peace with God and healing at the root, first from sin (1 Peter 2:24), and in the end from every wound.
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Said of the one who cares for the poor (v. 1): on the bed of sickness the Lord strengthens and tends them. A picture of God’s care for the sick.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Where two or three gather in Jesus’ name, He is there with them. Said about settling wrongs in the church, it comforts every small group that prays.