Will you please pray?

Question

Riley Liles is an 11 year old little boy with severe autism. He has never spoken, has never been potty trained, and has severe developmental disabilities. Please pray that God will miraculously heal Riley.

Today in the United States, 1 in every 166 children is born with some form of autism. Please pray for them and their families. Pray also that doctors and researchers can very soon discover the cause of this disease and develop a cure.

If you agree in prayer, please forward this to everyone on your e-mail list.

http://www.autism-society.org/

http://www.learning-tree.org/

Answer 1

My prayers are with you. I also pray that you will have the strength to cope with heartbreak and have the strong ability to handle the situation

I also hope that this is an honest thing. There are so many things like this that are just a hoax and that are just to see how far they can make it with these sorts of things

Answer 2

I have to agree with Ronin,

Please put your money in research to help this little boy. If everyone would put the 20% in research and not in the back pocket of a church, I suspect autism and other medical problems would be a thing of the past if people would Wise up and put the money where it counts. There are many funds that would be a lot better use of your money. And would help take care of these people till a cure can be found. Give 10% to the care and 10% to research.

How many Billions of dollars are used to buy limos and million dollar houses for some preacher?

If you want to pray please do if it makes you feel better but put your money and time where it counts and make something happen.

Do you remember the story about god telling a woman he would give her a gift and let her win the lottery? Well she never won because she would not meet him half way and spend the money and buy a ticket.

So get out there and meet your god half way and buy that ticket to find a cure. He will not do it all. You have to do your part and not set around a beg.

Answer 3

Hmm, so god has the ability to help doctors find a cure for autism. Autism has existed for 6,000 years (or more depending on your beliefs). In all that time god has allowed autism to continue. You think that if enough people in 2006 pray, god will help humans find a cure.

Doesn't that all seem strange to you? God can cure or completely eliminate any disease with a thought. But until enough people pray, he won't do it?

Is that the god you really believe in?

You know human being have extended their life span from the the mid 40's (for the past few thousand years) to the mid 70's (the past hundred or so). 100 years ago, 50% of children died before their 1st birthday. That's thousands of years of children dying very young. Do you know what changed it all? Medicine!
Yes modern medicine. Prayer seems not to have done the trick. Anti-biotics, vaccines, better health, diets, etc... are what made a difference.

It would seem that your time would be better spent helping humans find a cure instead of sitting home praying to the man in the sky.

Answer 4

I have an autistic grandson and I would rather that medical science not be impeded by religion in it's search for cures to genetic disorders such as autism. Stem cell research can be done, but everyone thinks that stem cells only come from embryos - which is NOT true. But becasue of religious fervor putting ALL stem cell research into the same lump, not one legitimate step forward can be taken in the US in research.

Pray for true education rather than half truths. Fact, not panic and dogmatic rhetoric, will allow medical science to do what it should - save lives.

Answer 5

Yes, I will pray.

Please pay no attention to the naysayers on here, the ones who doubt that prayer actually works. I know from firsthand experience that prayer DOES work. For those who believe that medicine, not God, is the reason for advances in medicine, did it ever occur to you that God helped people find a cure? That he gave people gifts such as intelligence that enabled them to find a cure? Or that there is a purpose for people being sick? All of us have something to offer, each of us has our own gift, even sick people, or people who are disabled. I feel sorry for those people who try to spread doubt concerning God's existence, or that God is an angry, vengeful God. That is their opinion and they are certainly entitled to it. However, it is pointless when a non-believer tries to cast doubt on beliefs of others, with the intention of making them look foolish. Prayer works, prayer will help this little boy, and the more people that pray with genuine faith, the better the chance of this little boy being cured.

Answer 6

There is a mysterious reason why these types of things happen to people. I believe that it is to draw people closer to God and His Church.
People like Riley are God's gift to us. They bring out the compassion and the love that we to often bury within us.

I know because my daughter has many developmental disabilities too.

I will pray for him and all children in the world that are afflicted and that they may have parents that love them and have people that will support them in the daily crosses that they must bear.

If God wills it, let it be done.

Answer 7

You are not alone. I have autistic twins that are 6 yrs old. One of them is potty trained but the other is not. One of them says a few words every now and then but the one that isn't potty trained never speaks. He onlys makes sounds with his voice. The potty trained one can spell and write many words. He has been writing since the age of 2. Hopefully he will be able to express his feelings in his writings one day. He loves yougurt and sometimes he will say, "yogurt please". I am unable to have a real conversation with him and he avoids eye contact. He is obssessed with writing the same things over and over again. He also likes to rewind dvd's. I don't like it when he does this and I try to stop him whenever possible. Sometimes they puzzle me. They rarely want to be seen together. The only time that they will play together is when no one else is around. One day I was in the bathroom and I heard both of them laughing. I came out and they were standing together. They both looked at me and then they walked in 2 different directions. My daughter catches them together occasionally. She once caught them in a rocking chair together watching tv while everyone was sleep. As soon as they saw her they got up. I don't know what's up with this autism thing. I sometimes think that they understand everything that I say. I sometimes look into their eyes and I tell them that I know that they can talk. I tell them that it's okay for them to talk. I don't do it as often as I should but I get a response whenever I do. Try talking to him just like he is normal. Make sure that you are very expressive whenever you do this and keep eye contact. The twin that can speak doesn't speak clearly. Very few words can be understood. I can only recall one time that he spoke clearly and that was when we were in the car and my older son suggested that we go to McDonalds. Well, he said, "yeah, let's go!" with such enthusiasm. We were completely shocked! The one that makes sounds spoke once but very low, he said mommy. I sometimes have dreams about them talking. A friend of mines told me that her sister didn't talk until she was 4. She said that when her sister first spoke that she spoke very well. Her mother asked her why she didn't speak sooner and she told her mother that she didn't have anything to say! I found this to be very interesting. Hopefully Riley and everyone else with autism will be fine one day. I know that it's not easy but you must stay strong and patient!

Answer 8

Oh Yes. You can count me in. My cousin has Autism. I understand completely.

Answer 9

My Grandson is six and has the same problems. We always hope for a miracle, too. God bless!

Answer 10

Oh dear oh dear... another internet hoax.

Please be aware folks, whenever you see *anything* that says "send this to everyone on your email list", that's a dead giveaway that it's a hoax, a falsehood that is simply designed to propogate around the world in order to boost some adolescent prankster's ego.

Don't fall for any more of them.