The Power and the Glory . . .
Drudge has linked to this piece, which reports that a new study has shown no link between prayer and improved outcomes in heart patients.
I don't know whether such stories are designed to shake believers' faith, but if so, for me, it's not working. Of course, everyone prays for something, from time to time. But the fact that one's prayer may not be answered in the time and manner that one may ask for doesn't mean that God hasn't heard, doesn't care, or that the prayer didn't "work." After all, many times there is a plan for our lives that turns out to be better than anything we might even haave imagined . . .
Even at the times when that doesn't seem to be the case, though, isn't prayer supposed to be the way that we get in touch with what God wants, rather than a way to instruct Him about what we want (as if He didn't already know?).
I don't know whether such stories are designed to shake believers' faith, but if so, for me, it's not working. Of course, everyone prays for something, from time to time. But the fact that one's prayer may not be answered in the time and manner that one may ask for doesn't mean that God hasn't heard, doesn't care, or that the prayer didn't "work." After all, many times there is a plan for our lives that turns out to be better than anything we might even haave imagined . . .
Even at the times when that doesn't seem to be the case, though, isn't prayer supposed to be the way that we get in touch with what God wants, rather than a way to instruct Him about what we want (as if He didn't already know?).
posted by LadybugUSA at 6:28 PM
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Where did I hear the: G0d Always answers prayers, sometimes the answer is no.
Do not have false gods that doubt the power of God.
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