James 5:16

The Effective Prayer Of Faith

¹⁵ the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; even the sins he has committed will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed; the prayers of the righteous have a powerful effect. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man with a nature just like our own; but he offered prayer that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain;

Good Man

Pray for

Pray for One Another

Prayer of a Righteous Man

Righteous Man

Righteous One

Sin

John 9:31

God, we know, does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and who obeys his will.

Matthew 3:6

and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Luke 11:11-13

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

Acts 19:18

Many believers would also come to confess and disclose their magic spells;

1 John 3:22

and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

Matthew 18:15-17

If your brother sins [against you], go and reprove him, as between you and him alone. If he listens to you, then you have won your brother over;

Matthew 21:22

All that ever you ask in prayer you shall have, if you believe."

Luke 7:3-4

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

Luke 9:6

So they went out from village to village preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

Luke 18:1-8

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

Acts 4:24-31

and on hearing this the entire company raised their cry to God, "O Sovereign Lord, thou art he who made heaven, earth, and sea, and all that in them is,

Acts 12:5-11

So Peter was closely guarded in prison, while earnest prayer for him was offered to God by the church.

Romans 5:19

Just as one man's disobedience made all the rest sinners, so one man's obedience will make all the rest righteous.

Colossians 1:9

Hence, from the day we heard of it, we have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and insight,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

never give up prayer,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace consecrate you through and through! Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept without break or blame till the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Pray for us too, brothers.

Hebrews 11:4

It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.

Hebrews 11:7

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

Hebrews 12:13

And make straight paths for your feet to walk in. You must not let the lame get dislocated, but rather make them whole.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clean conscience; my desire is in every way to lead an honest life.

1 Peter 2:24

he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.