Does God Answer Prayer?

If god was all good, all powerful and all knowing, he would not allow the existence of evil.

Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power,

Being all powerful means he can execute and accomplish any given task, meaning God in truth can fix and change anything and everything for the better. And if God is all-knowing, then God should already know the outcome and destination of every single individual in the world. Lastly, if God is all caring then he is looking for our best interest. God wants us to live comfortably among each other. And if we do in truth live comfortably and everyone lives comfortably among one another then. It would enable a world where wars are extinguished, along with crime and poverty. But that is not the case. God willingly watch us live our lives miserably in an even more miserable world. A world where humans, animals are placed in a chain; where our very own survival is based upon fitness. So in actuality this happens to be false, and if this is false then god is not genuinely all-caring. If god is actually all-knowing, all-powerful, all-caring, he would do something about this. He has the power to intervene and change things but for reasons unknown chooses otherwise

The Spindrift organization spent a decade performing laboratory experiments trying to determine which prayer strategy was most effective: directed prayer for a specific outcome, or non-directed prayer, having no specific outcome. Directed prayer participants tried to “direct” the process of prayer with having an outcome in mind. For example one may wish to rid a person of cancer, or recovering from a heart disease. Non-directed prayer, on the other hand, approach prayer with a more open-ended mind-set, in which no specific outcome was held in mind. Dossey considered that the Spindrift research experiments has given us much evidence to demonstrate that non-directed prayer works better than directing prayer for a specific outcome. The Spindrift researchers tried to grow mould on the surface of agar plates used routinely by bacteriologists. After stressing but not killing a patch of mould, directed prayer was used to encourage growth on one side of the plate while non-directed prayer was used on the other side of the divided glass surface. Directed prayer produced no results. Non-directed prayer produced multiplication of the mould into concentric growth rings. These and other experiments conducted by Spindrift give indications for the best prayer method to use in situations when we don 't know what should happen. When non-directed prayer is answered, the outcome is always in the direction

“Nay, you believe that God shall hear most of all when you are in the greatest need and fear. Why, then, are you so foolish here, where there is immeasurable greater need and eternal hurt, and do not want to ask for faith, hope, love, humility, obedience, chastity, gentleness, peace, righteousness, unless you are already free of all your unbelief, doubt, pride, disobedience, unchastity, anger, covetousness and unrighteousness. Although the more you find yourself lacking in these things, the more and more diligently you ought to pray or cry ” (p. 40).

The problem of evil states “If God can prevent the suffering of the innocent yet chooses not to, He is not good. If God chooses to prevent the suffering but cannot, He is not omnipotent. If God cannot recognize the suffering of the innocent, He is not wise”. Obviously, this created quite a discussion in my class. I felt frustrated by my classmates and their willingness to accept this theory, it seemed like . I called up my Grandmother to discuss it, and we both agreed that although God did not deliberately will evil, he gave us the possibility of it when he allowed us to make choices freely. In my class the next day my professor asked us to raise our hands if we believed God and I instantly thought of the verse from

According to Dr. James Henderson, a Christian worldview is authentic Christianity is Christ-centered and biblically-based, which means focusing on God’s word. As Christians, we want to live our lives as a reflection of the Bible and the unfolding plan of God revealed in the unity of the Scriptures. We believe that God exists and that god is the standard by which we measure everything else.

(Soren Kierkegaard) Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known of God. (Philippians 4:6 ESV) And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Matthew 6:5-8

I strongly believe that God knows each and every one of us and He knows exactly what we need, when we need it. I also know and believe that He wants to do a work of righteousness that leads to peace in all who will attend this

Prayer is not intended to be just a part or segment of overall ministry, but is to be a foundation under all that we do. This seminar is for leaders, department heads, intercessors and all those who are part of the congregation or ministry. Our goal is to allow the Holy Spirit to take each individual and the entire ministry to the next exciting level in prayer as we develop an understanding of a culture of prayer.

Many people live like this—not understanding that God is in complete control and sovereign over everything.

How many times have we heard ourselves or others, say the phrase, I hope so? When life gives us challenges we hope that we will catch a break or that something will give and our lives will change. Our hopes are usually always followed by a prayer either by ourselves or those around us. This paper will explore the theological definition, biblical foundations and practical applications of hope and prayer, it will show that hope comes from God and prayer is more than asking for things.

Another quotation that supports what I believe is the general view of many Christians around the world is the idea that God has already planned out our life and knows when the right time to die is. This is shown in the bible saying “He set the time for birth, and the time for death.” (Ecclesiastes 3:2)

God is very serious that we must be devoted in asking Him by means of our prayers, about the issues and relations of life. If we really want Him to hear us, we better be wholehearted and persistent. In this section we have seen different reactions to Jesus. This is still what happens when people hear

Having been a Christian for many years I thought that I had a fair knowledge of what it meant to pray. I was amazed and humbled by the idea that through Jesus’ restorative act on the cross I am able to come into God’s presence - and not only come but be welcomed and even longed for. I believed that prayer is a powerful tool to petition God , a vehicle to praise Him , and an instrument to increase our intimacy with Him . I understood that people pray in a variety of ways, based on the teaching they have received, their experience, and even their personality. Most commonly, I engaged in prayer as a conversation with God.