“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.” – James 5:16
Is there a believer in your life who is close enough that you would do this with them? Is there someone to whom you would honestly confess your sins and ask for prayer in fighting them? Clearly, there should be! Christians weren’t meant to go through life with only casual or superficial relationships. We’re meant to be in deep relationships with at least a few other Christians.
The Bible gives many “one another” commands such as this one. The “one anothers” can only be obeyed if we’re seeking to cultivate deep friendships in the Lord. As we do this, we have opportunities to strengthen and encourage one another, to heal and challenge one another to greater Christlikeness. When we don’t let ourselves know and be known deeply by fellow Christians we lose out on the tremendous power of prayer for our struggles, Don’t fight Satan’s temptations alone!
If you don’t already have relationships with a handful of believers in which you could confess your struggles, disappointments, temptations, and failures, seek them out. Be intentional and persistent. Find a small group of believers and start getting to know them. Work hard to find and engage in life-on-life relationships. It isn’t necessarily quick or easy to find those who will labor alongside you in prayer, but don’t give up and don’t sit back waiting for it to happen. You need the powerful prayers of righteous people working for you and others need your powerful prayers working for them!