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Well today brings us to the end our Fully Devoted series walking through the book of James
James 5:123-18
PRAYER
PRAYER
James is bringing his letter to a close.
He has taken us through a handful of areas that are meant to bring clarity and establish Christ followers in a faith that is more than lip service.
And as he does so, his point is this.
In all that I have taught you, wrap it in prayer.
We have 3 categories of life that James is pointing out here.
It is meant to be an all encompassing look at our lives.
1. suffering- unpleasant experiences that come from outside
Suffering that was happening in James day because of persecution for their faith, or simply engaging with evil in the world
And he has been talking about this throughout his letter and John spoke to us about that last week.
tests and trials he calls them in chapter 1.
And we have seen that our prayer in these circumstances is not necessarily deliverance, but perseverance and strength
The other manifestation of evil he speaks of is sickness.
It is not from outside, it is from inside.
It is no ones fault.
It is.
There is no one to point a finger at.
sickness -
and between them he places --cheerfulness
And for each he gives a prescription.
How should we respond when we are experiencing each of these in our lives.
He says when you are suffering - pray!
When you are cheerful-praise!
When you are sick get others to pray for you.
In other words the prescription to any situation is to respond in a way that reflects your relationship with God and His people.
How does your natural response, your default response to suffering, cheerfulness, or sickness, reflect your relationship with God?
When you suffer.
Do not face it without prayer.
Without leaning and seeking power beyond your own!
Do not walk without perspective.
When you are cheerful, things are going great - the birds are singing, she said yes, you had more than 3 people watch your facebook live!! Its a good day--don’t leave God out of it.
Live lives of celebration and thanksgiving to God.
And when you are sick, don’t suck it up and bear it.
Call on your church family to surround you and pray for you.
Whatever your circumstance, respond in a way that reflects your relationship with God and His community.
How is your situation different, because of your relationship with Jesus?
How does the perspective that the Gospel brings change the way you look at your suffering?
Your blessings?
Your illness?
In all of this James says wrap yourself in prayer like a warm blanket.
Don’t leave Jesus behind.
What is your default in these situation?
Default, anger, fear?
What is your security blanket.
James says drop those and cling to Christ in prayer.
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We all have things that we cling to.
When we are suffering we might complain, or wallow.
When things are going well, we rely on ourselves and have not need for Jesus.
When we are horribly sick we lose hope.
Anything we naturally go to tells us something about where are heart is.
We are all familiar with this guy.
He had a blanket.
As he is finishing off his letter to the church in Philippi, he says,
In fact he never let go of it.
It was his blanket when he was suffering, cheerful or sick.
We are all familiar with this guy.
In fact there is only one time in the history of Charlie Brown where Linus drops his blanket.
Does anyone know when that was? (I’ve shared this before)
It is when he is quoting the Christmas Narrative in in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
when the angels say to the Shepherds “fear not for I bring you tidings of great joy”
Swept up in the moment, Linus drops his prized possession
James question for us in this text is, what is your security blanket?
It ought to be a life wrapped in prayer, and finding security in the object of your prayer.
He gives a......
Philippians 4:
I. Prescription of Prayer for Life (v.13)
The divine prescription that James calls his readers to, that Jesus calls his disciples to is a life of prayer.
And James took this seriously.
We see that in his repetition of the word- he calls on us to pray 7 times in this short text.
Historically there is evidence that James wore his conviction to pray on his body.
Eusebius an ancient historian wrote of James:
“his knees grew hard like camel’s because of his constant worship of God, kneeling and asking forgiveness for the people.”
There’s an image you won’t see that on the front cover of GQ!
But he whore his conviction on his body!
I had someone come out to look at our roof a few years back.
When he showed up, he had my immediate confidence.
‘m not handy!!
Jame took
He had a truck full of equipment and when he got out of his truck, he was muscular and had leathery hands that told me this guy was a hard worker.
I don’t want someone with arriving on a bicycle with flip flops and swiss army knife!\, and a Sponge Bob T-Shirt.
I want guy with dirty boots and scars!
James talked about prayer, because he had walked through the fire of persecution and came out the other side because he was a man of prayer.
He wore the scars of prayer.
John Stott was once asked by a pastor how he prepared such great sermons.
And his answer was simply.... “on my knees”.
And his answer was simply.....on my knees.
The pastor asked.. “What do you mean?”
I mean.....ON MY KNEES
“Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his.”
As Christ followers, prayer ought to be a unifying characteristic of how we approach our lives.
Whether suffering, whether cheerful, whether, sick.
And we see as we look at the text that as John Stott says,...
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“Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his.”
It is a prescription for the Christian walk.
to bring out in us characteristics that cannot come when we know no suffering.
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