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When you have a need…

The One Another’s in ABC form:

 

Accept one another                                    Admonish one another

Agree with one another                             Don’t Bite each other

Build up one another                                 Carry one another’s burdens

Be Compassionate to one another              Don’t Complain about one another

Be Concerned about one another              Confess your sins to one another

Don’t Criticize one another                       Don’t Detest each other

Don’t Devour each other                            Encourage one another

Don’t Envy one another                             Fellowship with one another

Show Family Affection with one another  Forgive one another

Greet One Another                                    Be Hospitable to one another

Outdo each other in Showing Honor         Show Humility toward one another

Instruct one another                                  Be kind to one another

Don’t bring Lawsuits against each other   Don’t Lie to each other

Love one another                                       We are Members of one another

Be at Peace with one another                     Pray for one another

Pursue what is good for one another         Don’t Provoke one another   

Sing to one another                                    Serve one another

Speak to one another                                 Submit to one another

Spouses: Do not deprive one another        Teach one another

Wait for one another                                  Wash each other’s feet

When you have a need…turn to your church leaders                      V. 13-15  

When we call the church leaders to pray we are recognizing our complete dependence upon God in our situation.

Elders do two things when they pray over you: they minister the Word of God to your situation and they pray for your situation.

After the prayer time with the church leaders, there should be great confidence that our lives are in God’s hands no matter what happens in the days ahead, and His grace will be sufficient for us to face whatever comes.

God always answers our prayer! Sometimes He answers ‘Yes,’ sometimes He answers ‘No,’ and sometimes He answers ‘Wait.’

And God said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”           -2 Corinthians 12:9

When you have a need…turn to your fellow Christians                  V. 16-20

But here is a unique aspect of Biblical Christianity: the Priesthood of the Believer – that each of us is equipped by God at salvation to minister the truth of God’s Word to each other!

James is teaching that Christians need honest and open relationships with other Christians that help each root out the power of the sins we too often return to after confessing them to the Lord.

Confessing your sins to other believers has the following effects:

1.       It helps you avoid self-deception

2.       It keeps you from minimizing sin’s ugliness

3.       It often robs sin of the power it has when kept in darkness

4.       It allows another to minister to you, and you to another                               (It should be two-way)

5.       It provides accountability to help defeat that sin over time           (because you know the other person is going to ask you about it)

Folks, when you begin practicing mutual confession and accountability with other believers, you begin experiencing one of the highest forms of what one another can mean in your walk with God and one another!