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I notice it has been over three years since any new prayer requests have been made? Is it because of fewer posters on GSC? Or, people just don’t get around to praying? Or, people no longer believe in the power of prayer? 

Recently a close friend of mine, who was 69, passed away from cancer and during his hospice stay folks said they would pray for him. One night I wondered what they were praying for?

1.If they were praying for him to be healed it obviously didn’t work. The only way I have noticed people beating cancer, or any disease, is through science. 

2.If they were praying for family and friends to be comforted, it may work, but look at the success of number 1. Doesn’t look good.

To me, instead of investing our time and resources into prayer, which has proven to be iffy at best, let’s advance science, which has proved to heal diseases. 

 

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“But thou, if thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. For what better is man than sheep or goat, that nourisheth a blind life within the brain, if knowing God, he lifts not hands of prayer both for himself and those that call him friend?”

 

From “The Idylls of the King” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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How does one know, if something good happens in their life, that it was the result of another offering prayers for them? 
How do you know when you offer prayers for a neighbor that the prayer was actually answered? 
I used to offer perfect prayer, (SIT) for my family and those in my fellowship everyday, our countries leadership, and TWI leadership. They all got sick like anyone else in the world, two died in a car accident, and VPW somehow managed to get possessed my a devil spirit and died of cancer.
My prayer didn’t seem to make much difference at all.

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7 hours ago, Stayed Too Long said:

How does one know, if something good happens in their life, that it was the result of another offering prayers for them? 
How do you know when you offer prayers for a neighbor that the prayer was actually answered? 
I used to offer perfect prayer, (SIT) for my family and those in my fellowship everyday, our countries leadership, and TWI leadership. They all got sick like anyone else in the world, two died in a car accident, and VPW somehow managed to get possessed my a devil spirit and died of cancer.
My prayer didn’t seem to make much difference at all.

It may not, if it's not God's will.   Jesus prayed in the garden "my Father, if this chalice may not pass away but I must drink it; Thy will be done". 

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