Every night is a promise for the day to come. I pray before selecting the one that the Lord guides me to. My interpretation of these promises are not meant to be an explanation of their meaning but rather an expansion on how I believe they speak to my life or those around me. Here is one from the first days my friend, daily telephone and devotional partner, took up new residence, where a telephone line was at the minimum 5 weeks away

Day 4

James 5:15 

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

The Lord Shall Raise Him Up

 

The prayer of faith shall save the sick

He amongst you that may walk with a stick

Even those who may walk no more

 

Lord has promised to make you better than before

Of earnest prayer and sound belief

Reverent constitution and abstaining grief  

Don’t give in to pain, if you do it wins

 

Soon He takes it away like He took our sins

He hears the prayers from others when you are weak

And returns the color to a flush in your cheek

Lift you up when you were down

Laughter overwhelms what was distraught with a frown

 

Rained stopped for 3 years and 6 months when Elias prayed

And he prayed again and the rains returned and stayed

It was a certain show of the power in prayer

So brethren use its power that you may never swear

Effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much

 

He who is ill let him call upon the elders that with such

Intercession, they can anoint him with oil in the Lord’s name

May he then be healed if they should do the same

 

Uplifted by the glory of God and His word that if we

Pray The Prayer of Faith then even the sinful can be free