James 5:14-15

What do we do when we are sick? Well, sometimes we take medicine or we eat chicken noodle soup. Perhaps we'll take a day off work and try to rest. These things are perhaps good things to do for those who are sick, but what James instructs is different. Instead, you are to call the elders of the church to pray over the sick, anointing this person with oil. This is all to be done in the name of the Lord; this is not to be confused with praying in the name of Mohamed or Gandhi. The reason for doing these things is not so that they'll get worse, but so that they get better. More specifically, a prayer of faith will save this person. This sounds similar to what was mentioned in chapter one, where one is instructed to ask in faith without doubting. This is the kind of asking we are to ask to God for one who is sick.