James 5: 16
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
I learned the Truth and power of this verse in Celebrate Recovery after my husband of 30 years died. There I was enabled to face all my fears and insufficiencies, with the help of my sisters in Christ.
When we find others who we can trust, and confess our sins to one another in a safe environment, then we are freed from their power over us, and our emotions and attitudes can be healed. When we pray for one another, we are obeying God's principle of selfless intervention, and God works mightily in our spirits to heal our souls.
Never underestimate God's desire to mold us into the very image of His dear Son. We all need healing in order to become the men and women God created us to be, and to be the most use of God in doing His works to promote His Kingdom. God will never give up on us, as I read that the Tree of Life growing in the New Jerusalem has leaves for healing. Forever.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
