James 5:16

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.

 

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

Matthew 3:5-6  People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. (see verses 1-12)

Acts 19:18  Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. (see verses 17-20)

 

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. 

Matthew 7:7-8  "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened."

Matthew 18:19  "I also tell you this! If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you."

Matthew 21:22  "You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it." (see verses 21-22; also John 14:13-14; 15:7; 16:23-34)

Psalm 145:18-19  The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth. He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

Proverbs 15:29  The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

Job 42:8  "So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has." (see verses 7-17)

1 Kings 17:21-22  And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, please let this child's life return to him." The LORD heard Elijah's prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived! (see verses 17-24)

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