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.I'm not very good at confessing my sins. Part of that is probably guilt, and not wanting others to know how I mess up. But at least a small part of it is that I don't feel like there's anyone who wants to hear it from me, let alone pray for me.
I'll admit, I get skeptical about the idea that sins that haven't been prayed for are a frequent cause of illness. That sounds too much like pre-Christ teachings, like the man who was born blind that He corrected their false assumptions on. However, I do like the idea of a righteous man's prayers helping, even if I don't consider myself particularly righteous.
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