Does Prayer Work?

Question

If prayer works - let's prove it! Let's get together all of the wonderful pro-war, pro-life Christians and have them pray for one of our vets. Specifically, I'd like to take a vet who lost a limb(s) in our unjust war. Let's have all one million pray for his limb to grow back. Salamanders are doing this on a daily basis (presumably without the benefit of prayer) so I'm sure it will work. Let's designate a specific vet and start the process!

Answer 1

I works at making you frustrated and bitter toward a non existent god.

Answer 2

You can pray for anything, but it only works when you believe In Jesus. Have given your life to Him, and have the faith that it will be done. My sister was healed of lung cancer through prayer alone. No doctor treatments of any kind, they sent her home to die. The tumers in her lungs began to shrink and over several months dissapeared. Scan after scan, the doctors were amazed.My father -in-law prayed for a dead person, and God brought him back to life.The dead person was on the gerny headed for the morgue. My husband was shot in the jaw by a 22 pistol. His jaw was shattered, The doctors were performing surgery to replace his jaw with an artificial titanium insert. They watched the bone fragments join back together on their own. Don't tell me prayer doesn't work.I know better.

Answer 3

Your limbs don't grow back, that's silly. And if that's what it would take to make you believe in prayer then you have a long way to go. But I will pray for you

Answer 4

Prayer works perfectly... for people with political power!

Prayer gives the masses an outlet for their problems that does not involve action.

For example: "Pray for our Troops" keeps millions of people from demanding their safe return.

Answer 5

The meaning of prayer is request for something. It is not necessary that all the requests are fulfilled even by the God. We should see the merit in the prayer and not the compliments all the times.

Answer 6

Prayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God:
+ In praise of his glory
+ In petition for some desired good
+ In thanksgiving for a good received
+ In intercession for others before God

Through prayer the Christian experiences a communion with God through Christ in the Church.

"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene)

But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Psalm 130:1)

He who humbles himself will be exalted; humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, part four: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt4sect1.htm

Daily prayer site: http://www.sacredspace.ie/

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

You should not test the Lord your God!

Prayers are answered by God, sometimes the answer is NO and sometimes it is Wait. There are times when it is immediate, though the person praying must have total faith and trust in God and believe ON Jesus for the prayer and receive it. If you have a doubt, it is apparent that you do not trust and have faith in the Lord Almighty.

Answer 8

Nope. Here is the biggest study: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html?ex=1301461200&en=4acf338be4900000&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Answer 9

prayer doesnt work

i could pray to a cookie and get the same results

Answer 10

I think we should ask them to send donations instead. That way the vet actually benefits.