This document contains the transcript of a sermon given at Faithworks Christian Church Global. The sermon discusses various topics from a passage in James 5:13-20, including suffering, sickness, cheerfulness, prayer, and wandering from faith. It encourages praying for oneself and others in times of trouble or sickness. It also addresses rebellion, faith in prayer and healing, and the role of church elders in praying for the sick. The overall message is about applying the teachings in James on prayer, confession, and caring for one another within the church community.

2. CONCERNED
PASTOR,
CARING PEOPLE

3. 13 Is any one of you in trouble? He
should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him
sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone of you
sick? He should call the elders of the
church to pray over him and anoint him
with oil in the Name of the Lord.
JAMES 5:13-20

4. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will
make the sick person well; the Lord will
raise him up. If he has sinned, he will
be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your
sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed. The
prayer of a righteous man is powerful
and effective.
JAMES 5:13-20

5. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He
prayed earnestly that it would not rain,
and it did not rain on the land for three
and a half years. 18 Again he prayed,
and the Heavens gave rain, and the
earth produced its crops.
JAMES 5:13-20

6. 19 My brothers, if one of you should
wander from the truth and someone
should bring him back. 20 Remember
this: Whoever turns a sinner from the
error of his way will save him from
death and cover a multitude of sins.
JAMES 5:13-20

15. PRAYER

16. What that means is that the way that a
Church grows in love and unity is by
being aware of the experiences of all
people and praying across the entire
Church.

17. “James’ knees grew
hard like a camel’s
because of his constant
worship of God,
kneeling and asking
forgiveness for his
people.”
-Eusebius

18. Ministry begins with God’s Heart for
God’s people .

19. HOW CAN WE
PRAYFOR EACH
OTHER?

20. ARE YOU
SUFFERING?

21. 13 Is any one of you in trouble? He
should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him
sing songs of praise.
JAMES 5:13

22. He’s a pastor,
and pastors
love people

23. It’s a hard season for you,
It’s a difficult season for you,
It’s a dark season for you.
Is that you?
Are you suffering?

24. PSALMS

25. The Psalms give us another category
when we’re suffering, and that is
mourning.

26. THEGARDEN
OF GETHSEMANE
&THE CROSS

27. God always answers prayer,
and sometimes it’s YES,
and sometimes it’s NO,
and sometimes it’s LATER,
BUT HE ALWAYS ANSWERS.

28. PRAYER IS A
RESPONSIBILITY

29. Prayer gets you to agree with God.
Oftentimes, when people are suffering,
they think that prayer will make God
change his mind.

30. Is anyone among you suffering?
Let Him Pray.

31. Now, for those of you who are suffering,
we need you to see that this is your
responsibility. You can pray for yourself,
and before you ask others to pray for
you, you need to be praying.

32. ARE YOU
CHEERFUL?

33. For those who know Jesus,
it’s possible to be cheerful despite
challenges.
What should you do if you’re cheerful?
Let him sing praise.

34. Are you cheerful?
You should sing.
And when we sing, what we’re doing is
we’re celebrating, we’re rejoicing.

35. What we’re doing is we’re thanking God
for that which we’re cheerful for so that
it doesn’t become for us just gratitude
for our circumstances.

36. The first group and the second group are
not mutually exclusive. You can be in a
season of suffering and still, in the midst
of it, be cheerful.

37. And for those of you who aren’t
cheerful, start singing and
see if you don’t start rejoicing.

38. ARE YOU
SICK?

39. 14 Is anyone of you sick? He should call
the elders of the church to pray over
him and anoint him with oil in the
Name of the Lord.
JAMES 5:14-16

40. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will
make the sick person well; the Lord will
raise him up. If he has sinned, he will
be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your
sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed. The
prayer of a righteous man is powerful
and effective.
JAMES 5:14-16

41. What do we
dowith
sick people?

42. “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.”
We get Jesus involved.

43. Jesus Still Heals.
He’s still alive. He’s still ruling
and reigning. He still hears
and answers prayer.
And He still heals people.

44. There are
two errors:

45. He Has
ToHeal
Everybody

46. hecan’t
Heal
anybody

47. It’s not that everybody gets healed
and nobody gets healed,
but He decides who He heals.

48. We’re talking about the church and the
elders in the church. We’re a bible-
believing church, and the elders are also
called pastors, and these are the senior
leaders, and we believe in all of this.

49. Our church has elders, and part of the
great privilege of the elders is to fulfill
this command and to pray for the sick.
We do this, and just so you know,
this is available after our services.

50. Anointing
OFOIL

51. This is to remind us of the anointing of
the Holy Spirit, that the person, the
presence, and the power of the Holy
Spirit is on, with, and through the
believer.

52. Death Is The Result Of Sin, And
Once Sin Is Conquered And Jesus
Has Returned, There Will Be No
Mourning, There Will Be No
Suffering, There Will Be No
Dying. And That’s The Kingdom
Of God.

53. FAITHTHAT
CANHEAL

54. The real test of whether or not you have
faith in the healing power of prayer, that
God hears and answers prayer, that the
Holy Spirit hears and answers prayer for
healing, is whether or not you pray.

55. REBELLIONTHAT
CAN CAUSE
SICKNESS

56. If you are living in open rebellion and sin
against God, it could actually start to
manifest itself with illness and sickness
in your body but not all the time.

57. We need to repent of it, we need to give
it to Jesus. That’s why He died on the
cross. We need to confess our sins to
one another and pray for one another so
that you may be healed.
You’re not perfect.

58. DOYOUTRUST
PRAYER?

59. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each
other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a
righteous man is powerful and
effective.
JAMES 5:16-18

60. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He
prayed earnestly that it would not rain,
and it did not rain on the land for three
and a half years. 18 Again he prayed,
and the Heavens gave rain, and the
earth produced its crops.
JAMES 5:16-18

61. If you don’t pray, you actually don’t
believe that God hears and answers
prayer. If you believe that God hears and
answers prayer, you pray.

62. Godis
ourFather

63. The key to prayer is always
understanding God’s a Father, we’re His
kids. If we believe that we have a good
Dad who loves us, we’ll talk to Him.

64. One of the reasons why you struggle to
pray is you don’t know that you’re
righteous.

65. You forget that Jesus is your
righteousness and mediator, and that
your righteousness is in Christ.

66. You’re in the position of Christ and that
the Father loves you as much as He loves
the Son, and He hears you because you
pray through the Son. He’s your
righteousness.

67. Prayer

68. WHO HAS
WANDERED?

69. 19 My brothers, if one of you should
wander from the truth and someone
should bring him back. 20 Remember
this: Whoever turns a sinner from the
error of his way will save him from
death and cover a multitude of sins.
JAMES 5:19-20

70. THREEWAYS
TOWANDER

71. THEOLOGICALLY

72. They wander into just vague spirituality
or false teaching.

73. MORALLY

74. RELATIONALLY

75. They don’t want to be in relationship
with God’s people anymore.

76. We’re talking about somebody who
literally just turns their back,
and walks away.

77. Not everyone in the church will be a
pastor, but everyone in the church
should have a pastor’s heart.

78. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Alvin Gutierrez
FCC Main, Ampid, PH
10:00 AM Morning Service
June 05, 2016
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