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Wednesday... Yes, it is dynamic and has tremendous power.


James 5:16b, (AMP), "The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God - it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]."

Wednesday... Yes, it is dynamic and has tremendous power.

The letter of James in 5:13a (NLT) asks an important question. He asks, "Are any of you suffering hardships?" So let me ask you, are you? Maybe not but maybe you know someone who is suffering hardship. It is a very important question but it has a very life changing answer. It says, "You should pray."


Now verse 16b (ASP) is also important to understand. It says, "The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God - it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]." In the NLT it says, "The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results."

If you look you will see there is an important adjective in these two translations of this verse and the word in both of these translations is the word righteous. The New Living Translation says, "The earnest prayer of a righteous person and the AMP says a righteous man or a righteous person who is a believe.

Now the first part of verse 16 says in the Amplified Bible, "Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses] and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored."

You see, we need to ask God to forgive us our sins, our false steps, our offenses and then we also need others in our life who we can go to in our honesty who will also pray. We really do need God and we also really need others. Yes we really do need each other.

The Message Paraphrase gets right to the point and says verses 13-15 this way, "Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven - healed inside out."

Yes, "The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God - it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]." Thanks, James for the reminder. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


 

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