{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Practice The Word","title":"What James 5 Really Teaches About Healing & Faith","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1770,"description":"In this episode of Practice the Word, we continue through James 5 and explore one of the strongest teachings on prayer, perseverance, healing, confession, and faith in the New Testament.\nJames reminds believers that suffering does not mean God has abandoned us. Job is remembered not simply because he suffered, but because he endured and remained faithful. Romans 5 echoes the same truth: suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.\nThen James turns directly to prayer.\nWhat should you do when you’re suffering? Pray.\nWhen you’re joyful? Praise.\nWhen you’re sick? Call the elders and pray.\nWhen you’ve sinned? Confess and seek restoration.\n\nThe conversation takes a deeper look at James 5:13–18, including the biblical practice of anointing with oil, praying for the sick, confessing sins to one another, and James’ declaration that “the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”\nWe also hear a powerful personal testimony of prayer during a medical emergency and discuss an important question: What happens to our faith when the outcome of our prayers isn’t what we hoped for?\nFinally, James points us toward Elijah—a man who prayed and saw the rain stop, then prayed again and saw it return. His example reminds us that extraordinary prayer is not reserved for extraordinary people. God hears ordinary believers who trust Him and faithfully seek Him.\n\nPrayer isn’t simply informing God about what is happening. Prayer is part of our obedience, our perseverance, and our relationship with Him.\n\nChapters\n00:00 Persevering While You Wait on God\n01:41 “Are You Yet Holding On?”\n02:20 Remaining Faithful Through Suffering\n03:02 Job’s Endurance, Not Just His Suffering\n04:14 How Suffering Produces Perseverance\n05:32 Let Your Yes Be Yes — James 5:12\n06:50 Jesus’ Teaching on Oaths and Integrity\n08:10 From Doubting Brother to Devoted Disciple\n09:01 James 5:13–18 — The Power of Prayer\n10:22 Prayer, Healing and Calling the Elders...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XhU8pSi-x3y3aWP-36y9rgKs-qTJNzpbqgmNZJ3EoJE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZDgw/MGI1YmU5NjIyM2U1/MDJhYzliZDU0N2Zk/Nzk2MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}