Prayer and Healing

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Prayer and Healing

James 5:13-18

August 25, 2019 • Murray Lee

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To those who experience difficult circumstances in this life, Jesus is coming again. To those whose circumstances cause them anxiety, worry and pain, Jesus is coming again. To those who are oppressed, downtrodden, and full of sorrow, Jesus is coming again. The promise of Jesus coming again brings hope for the future as well as the present. God is not merely concerned with the end. He is also concerned with today. And he tells us in James 5:13-18 that whatever season of life you find yourself in, believers are to pray.

Being Our Brother's Keeper

September 1, 2019 • Jamie Peterson

Golden Repair

August 18, 2019 • Murray Lee

James has warned the wealthy non-Christian landowners in the first six verses of chapter five that their hoarding of money brought about by fraud and oppression to feed self-indulgence commits violence against the poor and will not go unpunished. God is coming to judge those who oppress his people and the riches laid up in storage to guard against potential catastrophe will serve to fuel their inevitable catastrophe. Beginning in verse seven, James speaks to those who are oppressed: be patient, the Lord is coming soon. Why do we need to hear this? Because life’s circumstances cause anxiety and worry. But knowing the Lord is coming gives strength to the Christian to persevere.

Warning!

August 11, 2019 • Murray Lee

James 5:1-6 tells us that the abuse of wealth leads to the judgement of God because God defends the oppressed. James is rough in his wording, and rightly so. God’s people were experiencing the systematic abuse from the money-hoarding wealthy non-believers. James writes warning to comfort God’s people that he knows of their suffering, he will defend their cause, and one day their suffering will end.