Therapeutic One Anothers: Confess
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Title:
Therapeutic One Anothers: Confess ---------------- Date: 1/25/2000
Keywords:
"confess" "one another"
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Passages: James 5:16*
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.
Questions
1. According to James 5:16, what are two things Christians can do
for each other?
2. According to this same verse, what can we expect to happen when
these two things occur?
Practical help
“Confession” The word conjures up frightening images of
judgment for some. For others, that of an anonymous story-telling. The Bible pictures
something far different.
The Bible presents a powerful picture of brother to brother (or
sister to sister) truth-telling. It is one man telling another man (or even a group of
men), “I have sinned and I need to start over.” It is that listener, or those
listeners, responding by wrapping their arms around the one who has stumbled and praying
for him. It is a picture of loving restoration. Sound enticing? Sound like something you
would like to experience because that is EXACTLY where you are with respect to Internet
porn? Guess where you are most likely to find such support? The church. That’s right.
The church.
You might not find such support listed in the on-going ministries of
your local church, but the chances are very good that if you approach one of the leaders
of your congregation and tell him the truth about your struggle and ask him for help,
he’ll come along side of you and help you. Maybe he’ll enlist others to help
you, too. He’ll probably pray for you. And God will provide deliverance for you
through the prayer of that righteous man.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright
The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."