{"id":1542,"date":"2025-03-28T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=book_of_james&#038;p=1542"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:53:43","slug":"5","status":"publish","type":"book_of_james","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_of_james=5","title":{"rendered":"5 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"James 5   Prayer has power to heal\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tTnsLA7RXVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">James 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>James 5<\/strong>, James continues to press home the concept, of the foolishness of making earthly plans without placing God at the centre of those plans. 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