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Persevering in Times of Trials

James Chapter 5 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible begins with a warning to the rich who have held back the wages of workers, reminding them that their wealth will not save them from the coming judgment.

James calls on the oppressed to be patient and to look to the Lord for vindication.

He encourages patience in suffering, using the example of the farmer who waits for the rain and the harvest. strengthening of the heart and the avoidance of grumbling.

James goes on to give examples of patience in the lives of the prophets and Job, highlighting their perseverance and faithfulness in the face of trials.

The brethren (men and women) are encouraged to follow the example to pray for one another, promising that the fervent prayer of a righteous person has great power.

James concludes the chapter with a call to confession and prayer. He urges those who are sick to call for the elders of the church to pray for them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.

He also encourages confession of sins to one another and prayer for one another, promising that such prayers will be effective and brings healing and forgiveness.

The chapter ends with a reminder of the importance of bringing back those who have wandered from the truth, and of the power of a single person's conversion to save many from death.

Overall, James Chapter 5 is a call to patience, prayer, and confession. It reminds us of the importance of looking to the Lord in times of trial, and of the power of prayer to bring about healing and forgiveness. It also encourages us to be patient and to persevere in the face of suffering, and to bring back those who have wandered from the truth.

James Chapter 5:

1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 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:

15 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.

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.

17 Elias 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.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Blessings, Peace and Love,

SisterG

Glenda Coker

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