The Grands Letter (James/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on March 13, 2025 7:24 am (CST)Dear Grands,
James 5:14-20, “Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.”
It was Alfred Lord Tennyson who said, “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” Someone, whose name could have been many, often says, “Well, we’ve done everything we can; we had better pray.”
Why is prayer our last resort? Could it be that we are living too much within the world, within ourselves, and not within the LORD? There are over 300 verses in the Bible regarding prayer, yet we resort to other means rather than the Scriptures!
I can clearly recall my grandmother saying, “Well, we’ll just have to talk to the LORD about that.” Do you not recall someone in your family saying something like that? Maybe it’s because we are hesitant to let go of our sins that we ignore the realities of prayer. Let’s let prayer become our first resort; for there is no one greater than the LORD; and it is He alone who answers prayer.
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America
“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom
