Prayer...does it REALLY work?

Answer 1

You mean, "does asking daddy something work?" Well it depends on what you ask. Daddy knows best. He knows what's appropriate for you and also when you should receive it. All that matters is faith. No one (no matter how hard they try) can take away your portion of blessings which God has kept for you. Its sealed and hidden until time is ripe.

Answer 2

Yes, prayer does REALLY work ... although maybe not the way you 'hope' it will. If you are praying for someone to 'get better' when they are ill, they aren't going to get 'better' any faster, but when a person has a 'major operation' with a wide 'prayer group' praying for that person to 'come through fine and well' then that person often is 'up, talking and phoning everyone' half an hour after leaving the operating room, as has happened to at least three people I knew, each of whom had 'different operations' but who had been told that they wouldn't recover 'fully' for months after.
Sometimes a person prays to God for 'something' they want. If that 'thing' is material, then they will or won't get it but is that 'God' answering the 'real prayer' or not? And what if that thing is something 'insubstantial' like 'good patience?' I had a friend whose job put him in a place where people were EXTREMELY TRYING every day, so he'd go home and pray to God to 'teach him patience' every night. This went on for months and months, and one day my friend went home and thought 'God is sending me those trying people to teach me patience!' The next day he went to work ... the same job, in the same place, and suddenly, none of the people he had to help were half as 'trying' as they had been before.
Yes, prayer does REALLY WORK ... but you should be 'very careful' when you ask God for something, because if God knows that it's something else you need then you'll be 'given that' instead ... and you may think at first that 'praying did no good at all' ... but if you think about it later, you will probably agree 'God did answer my prayer ... the one that got me this thing I really needed and not what I was asking God to give me.' And you'll realize then that sometimes what you 'need' being given to you is a better 'answer' than what you were asking for ... and you'll THANK GOD for that.

Answer 3

Ok,,, just two instances of my family's prayers being answered. I lost my job, didn't know what to do I came home that same morning just minutes after leaving work, told my wife and she prayed about it. 20 minutes or so later this guy that I know calls me up, how he got my number is beyond me because I didn't give it to him. Anyway he offers me a job making more money for doing the same thing. Then another occasion, my wife and I had been waiting for several months to hear anything back from the INS about her green card. Then one night I prayed my *** off for some communication from the INS, the next morning the postman comes by, I check the mail, and BAM letter from the INS stating that my wife had been approved for her green card, and that they would be contacting us to set up an appt. Yes prayer works if you believe in your faith.

Answer 4

Prayer is focus.
Whatever one focuses on, wanted or unwanted, will come.
Common sense says be careful what you focus on.
Ask and it is given.
Do you know what you are most often focused on?
It is worth checking it out, but not for too long, if it`s something you don`t like. If so, change the subject to something you want.
Have doubts? Try it out on something trivial and unexpected.
If it is something material and the color doesn`t matter, focus on an oddball color so that you learn that every single detail matters. Or choose some other detail that you will recognize.
One minute is plenty of time for your request.
You don`t even need to ask if you can simply imagine that you already have it and it makes you happy. For example you could spend a minute thanking your gardian angel for the lovely parking spot he is arranging for you. Enjoy!

Answer 5

Prayer works ONLY if you have Faith. Prayer works when you believe you're going to be answered. Prayer works when you trust the One you're praying for. It has to be sincere and from your heart. You can ask for anything you want and you can thank for anything you have received. Most people ask more than thanks, unfortunately. However, it's always good to finish you're prayer saying that you're going to accept what it is better for you, because sometimes we pray for things that God knows it's not going to be good for us. And that acceptance is part of the Faith, also, because you trust that God will answer your prayer one way or the other.

You can pray for your feelings too. If you're sad, frustrated, upset, missing someone, etc. you can pray asking for strength, and you feel relieved right away. When we have negative feelings, our aura gets darker and we tend to attract spirits in the same level of despair. When we pray, we get stronger, because we attract good spirits that make us stronger.

When we pray, we liberate our inner energy that can heal people around you, or yourself., and attract good energies from the universe (good spirits).

Peace!

Answer 6

for the mind, it's a placebo effect. ex. cancer patient that take a stunning new pill (really just sugar pill) and have support and are postitive and believe that there is a god or something heal better than those who are on their own and convinced they will die. The mind is very powerful, having a positive outlook will make you think whatever you are doing is working. As humans we love to make connections, we pray to keep our job, lose our job but six months later find a better one, this event would happen reguardless, but the idea of prayer makes it seem like a higher being interviend. There may be someone or something that listens, but prayer is really just our minds trying to comfort ourselves and give us motivation to move on

Answer 7

Sometimes what you pray for may not be granted if what you asked for is contrary to the Will of God or if granted may impede your spiritual advancement.
We must pray and keep knocking till a suitable time comes when God thinks our prayer should be answered.
Even if He does not answer our prayer we must accept it as His Will and coming from His Hands and bow in submission and continue to love Him.

Answer 8

No.

"The belief in prayer is just as superstitious as the belief in lucky horseshoes.

"The fascinating thing is that we can prove that prayer has no effect in exactly the same way that we can prove that horseshoes have no effect. We take 1,000 cancer patients. We pray over 500 of them and we leave the other 500 alone. Then we look at cancer remission rates between the two groups. What we find is that prayers have zero benefit. We would see no statistical difference between the remission rates in the two groups of 500 patients.

"In other words, we can prove that the belief in prayer is pure superstition. The belief in the power of prayer is no different from the belief in the power of lucky horseshoes."

Answer 9

Prayer works without a doubt. The Bible says to "Cast all your cares upon Him because He cares for you". God is always ready and willing to accept your prayers. However, His answer may not be how you wanted it to be. He may give you a 'yes' or 'no' or 'later'. Just because He doesn't answer how you see fit, does not mean that He hasn't listened or answerd you.

Answer 10

Yes, and I could give you several "mind boggling" experiences to the same; examples that have proven the power of prayer to me.