Not exact matches
You could pray for
change for 100 years and then when some random event happens that creates the
change you seek it will be that god finally
answered my
prayers.
One of the things I do is direct those people to
prayer — pray that God will
change the situation but don't assume that how that is
answered is going to be an imposition of what you think needs to happen.
Prayer certainly
changed the Manhattan skyline on 9/11, when the
prayers of the hijackers — all, pious, devoted religious fanatics — were apparently
answered.
George Muller prayed, his
prayers were
answered and things were
changed.
Hmm — whose
prayers change things, and why doesn't all
prayer change things... a friend asked for a new house — got one; another friend asked to be cured from leukemia, God didn't
answer her
prayers — she died; another friend asked for wisdom on how to care for her elderly father, an alcoholic — still drinks, she still has no knowledge on what to do about it — never thought to maybe look up information about elder care.
Prayer changes things
Prayer can solve or resolve anything Jesus is the
answer What was the question
Prayer really
changes things
In all my life's troubles, I have NEVER sought god as the
answer, mainly because I happen to KNOW that mythology does not have the ability to
answer prayers, nor the power to
change my life.
I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells)
prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow
change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack of an affirmative
answer.
Prayer changes things
Prayer with God
Answers every question And opens life mysteries
Prayer changes things
Though I did feel like God was
answering their
prayers through me, I never once did it «for» Him; It was purely because it was what brought great joy to me; It was my true inner being and nothing could
change that; Until this moment!
Although that particular (
answered)
prayer changed my life completely and I do admit that it is not always easy to share God's heart, nonetheless, I would pray those specific words once again since His LOVE is worth it all!
Even if we can not pray for some of these goals with much affirmation — even if we find ourselves praying for the salvation of liberals before Christ returns, or the redirection of evangelical social concern to its proper sphere of evangelism and world mission, or the disappearance of the electronic church — God will
answer our
prayers, with corrections if necessary, and will either
change our minds or the minds of those for whom we are praying.
Prayer changes your own self and will, and God does do special things, supernatural things, spiritual
answers, and physical miracles.
There is no evidence that any
prayer uttered in the history of the world has ever been
answered or
changed the outcome of any event.
nah — they believe that grocary store bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because a priest does some hocus - pocus over it in church of a Sunday morning; that a being reads my mind whenever I pray and intervenes to
change what would otherwise be the course of history in small ways to «
answer my
prayers»; and that I will survive my own physical deathand live happily ever after if I follow some rules laid down by goat herders in Bronze Age Palestine.
So the
answer would be yes,
prayer has
changed light bulbs.
It will then (if your «
prayers are
answered») interfere to
change what would otherwise be the course of history in small ways to suit your whims.
«Do
prayers change the way things are working» —
Answering that question sufficiently requires a greater understanding of the theology of
prayer than I have at this moment.
while breifly going thru this artical it was makeing my stomach turn, this is just what the devil wants is for doubt and confusion, christianity is growing stronger than ever, souls are being saved and lives are
changing every day, and do nt for one minute think any different, or try tp put christians down, why would we loose faith, god
answers our
prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone»»
So if decades of praying by Mr. Big doesn't
change anything, then I» m left to the conclusion that either god does not
answer prayer (if not for the big guy then for who?)
Do our
prayers for rain or sunshine, our
prayers for
changes in circumstances, our
prayers for things which we feel we need, have an
answer?
A couple of practical realities we would have to guard are the occasional «flop» where, for example, a bad batch of acid has been delivered and the litmus paper does not
change color (we don't want anybody to claim that a
prayer was
answered) or intentional sabotage by those with a religious agenda, but that is no different to the risks of any other science experiment.
To say that God cares about us and desires to help us is to say that God hears and
answers prayer even when no
change is visible in the external situation.