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James 5:16-18 (NET)

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¹⁶ So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. ¹⁷ Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months! ¹⁸ Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 16) Prayer - Pray for each other - so you may be healed
(v. 16) Confession - Confess your sins to each other - so you may be healed
(v. 16) Prayer - Righteous man's prayer is powerful and effective

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 16) Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 2) (2010-01-28)
(v. 16) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 16) Guarding Your Heart (part II) (2011-12-03)
(v. 16) Followup: Purity (part II) (2011-09-13)
(v. 16) One Another (part V) (2011-03-19)
(v. 16) One Another (part II) (2011-03-16)
(v. 16) Followup - Prayer (part II) (2011-01-27)
(v. 16) Followup - Prayer (part I) (2011-01-26)
(v. 17) Followup - Prayer (part II) (2011-01-27)
(v. 17) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 17) Ministry - Even Greater Things (2012-01-20)
(v. 18) Followup - Prayer (part II) (2011-01-27)
(v. 18) Day 19 - Powerful Prayers (2011-12-22)
(v. 18) Ministry - Even Greater Things (2012-01-20)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 16) Devotional: Prayer and Fasting (2008-12-12)
(v. 16) Devotional: Futility of a Life Without God (2008-12-18)

Definition(s):
Elijah (El-eye-djah): God the Lord, the strong Lord