example of suffering and patience.
5:11Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
5:12But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into [i]judgment.
5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
5:14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
5:15And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
5:16[j]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, [k]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
5:17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that itwould not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
5:19Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
5:20let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save [l]a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
A prayer of faith.
Psalms 13:1-6 (KJV) How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.