Intercessory Prayer

[bakaten]

OK - I’m back…

I see what you are saying and I can understand how you are seeing that.
And in so far as these studies and such are concerned, I think that it is quite correct.

That said, and in order to try to help you understand better, I must reiterate my precious advice and suggest that you put these studies and such aside…Stop thinking about them…Stop trying to figure them out. It is really sort of putting the cart before the horse.

For the time being just accept the reports. Assume that they are not in error - in so far as they go…Just don’t assume that these reports are the “be-all” and “end-all” of the matter. As a number of people have already posted, there are factors involved that science cannot allow for.

If you want to know about the efficacy of prayer built on faith, then start looking at faith. What does it call for, how does one pursue the spiritual life and grow closer to God (grow in holiness) etc. This is really where you need to go in order to begin to understand this. Not to some scientific study that is trying to measure something that really cannot be measured.

Peace my Friend.
James

Can’t agree more

I think, we all need to remember that God is unmeasurable, the only way we could understand Him a bit better is by experiencing Him in our lives, that is to have faith, hope and love (charity). And none of the three can be measured either by science.

Whether someone can be cured with or without prayers, is not something for us to decide, the rights to judge belong only to God. However again Jesus told us, not to worry about such thing, The Heavenly Father know what we need

Cheers, and Merry Christmas

 

[Faith1960]

Can’t agree more

I think, we all need to remember that God is unmeasurable, the only way we could understand Him a bit better is by experiencing Him in our lives, that is to have faith, hope and love (charity). And none of the three can be measured either by science.

Whether someone can be cured with or without prayers, is not something for us to decide, the rights to judge belong only to God. However again Jesus told us, not to worry about such thing, The Heavenly Father know what we need

Cheers, and Merry Christmas

Cheers and Merry Christmas to all of you, too. I’ve read everybody’s comments, plus had a long talk about this subject with my DH and feel much better now. Thanks for everyone’s help.

 

[Faith1960]

assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11060048.htm

‘Back from the Dead’
A doctor brings an amazing report during Brisbane medical conference

Excerpt:

If you think about this scene, we can assume that at least twelve minutes passed between them sopping all attempts to revive him and his wife uttering her prayer. His coming back as certainly a miracle, but so is this from later in the story:

Not possible according to science. There are many people, certainly, who have been without heart/lung function, prayed for, and stayed dead. There are many brought back after less time than this man was without function, who do have the expected brain disfunction. Does that mean the wife’s prayer had nothing to do with his recovery?

Thanks for the link. I love reading stories like this. They really help.

 

[NeedsMercy]

What does that say about prayer?

That we’re not praying hard enough?