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“therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

i like the neat equation that happens in this verse. prayer -> power. confession -> healing. the power of prayer is for those around us, but the confession of sin is for the healing of our own souls. this week i learned that unconfessed sin is like a tumor to my prayer life. i wasn’t desiring the right things. i wasn’t desiring things in the right way. that unrighteousness rendered my prayers powerless. and so i confessed in order to be healed. i cried out to an infinite God and asked him to hold and heal me. He did. of course. another thing i love about this verse is the phrase “as it is working.” the power of prayer isn’t limited to the time after it’s answered. prayer is powerful while it happens. while we wait. so confess your sins to one another and pray for one another. because prayer + confession reap beautiful things.