Essence: Praying For One Another (James 5:16)

a discussion series from the pages of -
Authentic Relationships: Discover the lost art of “one anothering”
by Wayne and Clay Jacobsen
ISBN 978-0-8010-6451-7


Lesson Focus: Praying for one another

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. (James 5:16 NLT)


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. (James 5:16 KJV)

• How can we be more deliberate, and or creative about praying for each other, and Origins?

“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.” – Helen Keller


Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." And he said to them, "When you pray, say:
   "Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 
Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins,
   for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation." (Luke 11:1-4 ESV)


One day he was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, "Master, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." So he said, "When you pray, say,

   Father, 
   Reveal who you are. 
   Set the world right. 
   Keep us alive with three square meals. 
   Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. 
   Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil." (Luke 11:1-4 The Message)


Wrap Up: Pray! “Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life” – Jonathan Edwards