June 25, 2025

HEALING OF THE SICK

James 5:13-15

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 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. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Encouraging Words

Our lives as followers of Christ are not just about attending services and reading scriptures. Those are things that we do to build and strengthen our failth, but Christianity goes much farther than that. We are to be holistic in our faith practice. We offer up prayer for those who are suffering. We sing and rejoice with those who are cheerful. When one amongst us is sick, we come together, including the leaders of the church, pay over them, anoint them with oil, and call upon God for their healing. We are not to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world in some errant form of false piety, but are to engage with one another in God’s love. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!