Inner Prayer and Healing James 5:13-14
James 5:13-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
It invites people to respond to affliction with prayer, to respond to joy with songs, and to seek healing through the elders' prayers and anointing. It presents these actions as communal paths to restoration.
Neville's Inner Vision
To James, the afflicted are not separated from the divine within, but are demonstrations of a state of consciousness in motion. When you feel pressed, you are reminded that the I AM within you is awake and untouched by circumstance. The command to pray becomes a turning of attention toward the I AM, a recognition that you are not bound by outer conditions. The merry are those who remember this truth and express it as song—the vibration of a mind at rest in its own unity. The sick and the elders point to inner faculties—faith, patience, and healing imagination—working together to shift your state. The oil is symbolic of consecrated attention, anointing consciousness with the name of the Lord, which in this teaching is the acknowledgment of your true being here and now. When you truly inhabit this revelation, outer events align with your inner conviction. This is not begging for favors, but the reaffirmation that you are whole in the I AM, and the body follows the consciousness you hold.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit in stillness and say, 'I AM THE I AM; I am whole.' Visualize the oil of awareness being poured over you, and let the feeling of healing fill your consciousness for several breaths.
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