Trusting and Praying

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Trusting and Praying

• James 513-18

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• What is our attitude towards life and its
  different seasons OR THE NEW YEAR?
• Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know
  what youre going to get. Forrest Gump
• All sutras are born out of the heart. Buddhism
• The former totally depends on chance which is
  also TOTALLY OBJECTIVE, while the other is
  TOTALLY SUBJECTIVE.

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• Our attitude in one season determines how we
  enter another. A friend of mine
• What should it be, then?

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• This is what it should look like
• Our Attitude Trust Pray

Subjectivity
Objectivity
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• Trusting and praying are
• Crucial because THEY HELP PLACE THE PROPER
  FOUNDATION IN ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE WHO IS CHRIST
  OUR CORNERSTONE.
• Not only elements of our attitude, but THEY IMPLY
  ACTIONS.
• More on trusting and praying
• One is mostly objective because it implicitly
  assumes the existence of EVIDENCE.
• The other is mostly subjective because it often
  means the pouring out of our emotions and
  feelings.
• WE NEED BOTH as we tackle life and its different
  seasons.

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• What was the season for the Christians in James?
  The progression of vv. 13-15 seems to look like
  the following

Pray (vv 13-15) Sing psalms (v. 14ff) of
faith (v. 15)
Suffering (vv. 13-15)
Happiness/Joy (v. 13)
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• James still reminded the Christians that they
  were still in the SEASON OF SUFFERING, yet in the
  midst of it, KEEP TRUSTING AND PRAYING these
  are COMMANDS.
• James thinking is very much in line with the
  entire Bible PAIN AND SUFFERING IS INEVITABLE,
  yet in the midst of it, THERE IS HOPE. (Eccl.
  11-3 Rom. 818-25 Rev. 221-5)

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• He instructed them to trust and pray. He wanted
  them to CONVERT THEM INTO THE ATTITUDE, THE
  PERSPECTIVE towards life and its seasons where
  is the evidence?
• anointing him with oil IN THE NAME OF THE
  LORD (v. 14)
• In New Testament times, this was mostly for
  medical purposes.
• Yet James added in the Name of . Jewish
  believers would most likely be reminded of Jesus
  and the Name of God, Yahweh that means I Am
  That I Am. This was more than enough to them as
  THE EVIDECNE, that THERE IS YAHWEH WHO IS IN
  CONTROL OF ALL.

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• How is Yahweh in control? Exodus 37-8
• I have surely SEEN (37)
• I KNOW (37ff)
• I have COME DOWN TO DELIVER (38)
• Question Does God see ALL and know ALL WILL HE
  NOT DELIVER?

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• The words of a song
• There is STRENGTH in the Name of The LORDThere
  is POWER in the Name of The LORDThere is HOPE in
  the Name of The LORDBlessed is he who comes in
  the Name of The LORD!
• Let him call for the elders of the church, ,
  anointing him with oil in the Name (v.
  14ff-15) By adding in the Name , James was
  challenging them to do a paradigm shift in their
  attitude

Trusting and praying (individual and corporate)
Deliverance ( healing, et al), sins forgiven (v.
15ff)

Anointing
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• Celebrating the new year means the entry into a
  new season what should our attitude be?
• We may still be in the same season, but know that
  God is in control He hears, knows and delivers.
  Be expectant.

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• In James mind, the season of suffering, whether
  it be sickness, et al, is often the consequence
  of our own wrongdoings, so there are two
  additions to our attitude, i.e. confession (v.
  16) and fervency (v. 16ff).
• Lets go back to the attitude equation
• Our Attitude Trust Pray

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• The relationship of the Christians in James might
  not be good.
• Chapter 2 on favoritism MALTREATEMENT towards
  one another, et al.
• Chapter 3 on the use of tongue VERBAL ABUSE,
  CURSING one another, et al.
• Do we have the above in the church today?

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• James was telling them their suffering
  (sickness, et al) might be because they DID NOT
  RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER WELL.
• The root of bad interpersonal relationship is
  ARROGANCE, PRIDE which is at the root of our egos
  remember what happened in Genesis with Adam and
  Eve, with Cain and Abel?

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• Genuine trusting and praying in Jesus Name means
  that WE MUST FOLLOW JESUS STEPS BY LAYING ASIDE
  OUR EGOS, the root of all sins (Phil. 2)!! And
  our prayers may be effective and will lead to
  less suffering BECAUSE OF THE MENDED
  RELATIONSHIP. (James 516ff)
• Celebrating the new year means the entry into a
  new season what should our attitude be towards
  one another?

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• Summing up

Subjectivity
Objectivity
Our Attitude Trust Pray
Healing, Deliverance, Good Relationship

Confession and Fervency
Anointing
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EXPECT DELIVERANCE AND MIRACLES!!!