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I Believe In the Power of Prayer

I've got like an internal dilemma about sharing serious stuff on this site in public, because this site has so much silly content on it. Nevertheless, I'm sharing it anyway.

My dad was speaking to someone overseas, I think from Australia perhaps--it sounded like a friend, maybe someone he knew from his past--and he found out that this guy's wife had cancer.

So he said something like: "In the name of Jesus, your wife will be healed of cancer." And then shortly afterwards, his wife was miraculously healed of cancer! By the sounds of it, he's coming down to South Africa and he's going to meet my dad and speak with him about it.

The mainstream world would scoff at this kind of thing, but I'm not making it up. [i]This is really happening.[/i]

Just recently also, as I mentioned in a previous post on this site, my mother prayed, I think with someone on a video on her phone, concerning her tendinitis she's been in a lot of pain with, and she too was miraculously healed. The pain's gone and she has mobility to her wrist restored. And it 'sounds' about right to say that before it was cripplingly severe.
NewBecky · 51-55, F
The prayer itself is not a magic wand. If we look at prayer as a tool to get what we want then it is like witchcraft and God will not honor it. When our desire is aligned with God's desire and when we are seeking His will by reading the Bible... then prayer is effective and for more than physical needs. "The prayers of a righteous man availeth much."
Lynda70 · F
@suzie1960 That lady was a christian too but her prayers went unanswered. The evidence is that christianity doesn't work but witchcraft does.
NewBecky · 51-55, F
@Lynda70 Hello Lynda. When you say "work" then you are talking about gaining the outcomes that you hope for in this short life. As a Christian I see God moving with eternal perspective. This life is only a vapour. We are here today and gone tomorrow. All that matters is our eternity.

I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I testify that not only is He real but He died to pay for sin for those who will put their trust in Him. I know you will scoff and say He is either powerless or nonexistant... You might say the same about my husband.... but I know that they both exist because I have a personal relationship with both of them.

But I do not care to prove anything. Proof rarely changes anyone's beliefs. If proof were all that is needed to change someone's beliefs, then there would not be anyone on this earth that smokes. All of the evidence proves that smoking is not healthy... but people choose not to believe or not to care.

So, I will take my leave of this dialogue and wish everyone a good morning! No matter what you believe, I hope you will enjoy a good cup of coffee and a scone. :) Temporary joys.
Lynda70 · F
@NewBecky Given a choice of remaining in pain while praying in vain to a christian god or accepting a Wiccan's offer of help and being pain free, I would choose the latter. Others, such as you, are free to chose to remain in constant pain.
Lynda70 · F
A woman in my village was plagued with debilitating headaches almost constantly for years. She was cured after a Wiccan cast a healing spell for her.

https://similarworlds.com/4393030-I-Believe-In-Miracles/925312-A-woman-in-my-village-was-plagued-with
purplepen · 51-55, F
Yes, God does heal people through prayer. I believe he shows them sometimes when He's doing it, and other times they find out later. Then there are times people don't get healed yet, and many books have been written but we don't always know why.
Unlearn · 41-45, M
These things happen...though on the surface it looks miraculous, it's not. It has a science to it.
Unlearn · 41-45, M
@suzie1960 close minded enough!?
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Unlearn Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking.
Unlearn · 41-45, M
@suzie1960 nevermind...

 
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