Readings for Lent and Easter

¹³ Is any one of you in trouble? He should talk to God about it. Is any one of you happy? He should sing songs of praise to God.

¹⁴ Is any one of you sick? He should call for the leaders of the church people. They should talk to God about him and put oil on him in the name of the Lord.

¹⁵ Because they talk to God, and believe, he will hear them. The sick man will be healed. The Lord will make him well again. If the sick man has done wrong things, the Lord will forgive him.

¹⁶ So tell one another the wrong things you have done. And tell God about each other's needs, so that you will be healed. When a good man talks to God, big things can be done.

¹⁷ Elijah was a man like us. He asked God not to let it rain. And for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

¹⁸ Then he talked to God again. And it rained. Plants grew on the earth.