From James 5:12-20

1. The Church is a Place of – We Speak .

📖 James 5:12 (ESV) But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

2. The Church is a Place of – We Pray .

📖 James 5:13 (ESV) Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. 

📖 James 5:14 (ESV) Is anyone among you sick? 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.

📖 James 5:16 (ESV) The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

📖 James 5:17-18 (ESV) Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

3. The Church is a Place of – We Sing .

📖 James 5:13 (ESV) Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

📖 Exodus 15:21 (ESV) Sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea.

📖 Colossians 3:16 (ESV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

4. The Church is a Place of – We Care .

📖 James 5:14 (ESV) 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.

📖 James 5:15 (ESV) And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

📖 1 John 5:14-15 (ESV) And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.

5. The Church is a Place of – We find .

📖 James 5:15 (ESV) And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

📖 James 5:16 (ESV) Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

📖 Proverbs 3:7-8 (ESV) Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

📖 Psalm 32:3-4 (ESV) For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.

📖 1 Peter 2:5 (ESV) you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6. The Church is a Place of – We People.

📖 James 5:19-20 (ESV) My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

📖 Galatians 6:1 (ESV) Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Sermon in a sentence:

The church is God’s to us—a place where we find , experience His , discover , and rescue – changing the world, one soul at a time.

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