Scripture: James 5:7-20

Message: “The Prayer of Faith”

1. Are you a “Pooh” or an “Eeyore” when it comes to prayer for healing? Why?

2. Historically, there are several understandings of “anointing with oil.”

a. Medicinal (see Lk 10:34)
b. Pastoral (think of Jesus using mud)
c. Sacramental (vehicle of Divine power)
d. Symbolic (of being set aside for prayer)

Discuss these (or others, or combinations of these). Don’t forget: we all “see through a glass dimly.”

3. What troubles you right now? What causes you to sing for joy? Is there any illness or “dis-ease” for which we as a group can pray (right now)?

4. Scripture frequently exhorts us to sing praise to God. If you are not a musical person, when and how do you do this?