Faith is important because it helps us to trust God in prayer. Even when we can’t see a solution in our circumstances, we can trust that God is working behind the scenes to bring about a positive outcome. Pray With Persistence Intercessory prayer isn’t something that you do once and fo...
Dandelions are a good example of seed sowing. The golden yellow flower cheers the heart, feeds the bees, and the plant is edible and nutritious. The wind takes the seed wherever it blows. In the right place, a valuable new plant grows. In the wrong place(my flower beds, for example!)...
True prayer is a way oflife, not just for use in cases of emergency. Billy Graham I used to pray for answers, but now I’m praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things. Mother Teresa Prayer is the m...
Structural equation modeling analysis in an earlier report demonstrated a parallel-pathway explanatory model in which preoperative optimism and acute stress response functioned as positive and negative mediators, respectively, of the influence of using prayer for coping. This current analysis addresses an ...
It turns out, although not surprisingly, that forty is also the magic number for developing a new habit. It is as if forty days of affliction and reparation is written into our fallen nature. Because Christ first instituted Lent in the desert, it has all the qualities of a Christian ...
McCallister, MD Archives of Internal Medicine Abstract Context Intercessory prayer (praying for others) has been a common response to sickness for millennia, but it has received little scientific attention. The positive findings of a previous controlled trial of intercessory prayer have yet to be ...
To pray is a positive command (Col 4:2; 1 Thes 5:17); one is commanded to take leisure or a vacation for prayer (1 Cor 7:5). Prayer is God's appointed method by which we obtain what He has to bestow (Dan 9:3; Mt 7:7-11; Mt 9:24-29; Lk 11:13). The lack of th...
The press conference scheduled for the conclusion of the event was canceled under the pretext of security concerns. However, after 12 years of American diplomatic disengagement, Leaf gave a positive report about the conversation, which lasted many hours. ...
These findings are equivocal and, although some of the results of individual studies suggest a positive effect of intercessory prayer,the majority do not and the evidence does not support a recommendation either in favour or against the use of intercessory prayer. We are not convinced that further...
Then Paul brings all to a climax in the 18th verse, telling us that to all else we must add prayer -- constant, persistent, untiring, sleepless prayer in the Holy Spirit, or all else will go for nothing. 2. A second reason for this constant, persistent, sleepless, overcoming prayer is...