James 5:16 [Amp] ‘..And pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].
DAILY READING; Titus 2; Jeremiah 15-16; Psalm 126
In recent years much public attention has been directed to scientific studies of the validity of prayer.
This interest was sparked majorly by a widely publicized experiment performed by Dr. Randolph Byrd.
In 1982, Randolph Byrd had a brilliant insight to carry out a ten-month study.on the power of intercessory prayer in hospitals.
While working as a cardiologist
at the San Francisco General Medical Center, Dr. Byrd randomly divided 393 coronary patients into two groups. Half of the patients were assigned to an ‘experimental’ group, who were prayed for by born-again Christians, while the other half were assigned to a ‘control’ group that did not receive prayers.
The results of the research were dramatic.
Statistics showed the two groups of patients were equally sick when they entered the hospital, but that patients who were prayed for had fewer complications during their stay. None of the patients who were prayed for needed tubes inserted for breathing or feeding, unlike the patients of the control group.
The patients who were prayed for also had fewer episodes of congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and cardiac arrest.
Byrd’s landmark study was published in the Southern Medical Journal in 1988. Dr. William Wilson, a retired psychiatry professor from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who wrote a commentary accompanying the research work, called it ‘one of the best medical studies in a long time’ Dr. Wilson said ‘It is one of the greatest mysteries in the universe how God works,’
This Research has motivated several important investigations in the following decades over the effectiveness of prayer in the lives of hospital patients.
Truly, when we pray, it make a great difference.
James 5:16 [Amp] says ‘..And pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored.’
When we pray, the Holy Spirit begins to move and work. He is the One that executes the will of God upon the earth.
Healing of the sick is one of the most significant manifestations of the Spirit. It is recorded of Jesus in Acts 10: 38 “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth… who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil”.
Prayer is a major channel through which we receive the anointing, which is the empowerment for ministry to others:. Through the anointing the Holy Spirit flows through us to bring healing and deliverance to the world. When we pray, God transmits His power through us to reach those in desperate need of help
This is why we should never give up on our prayers, both for ourselves and for others.
Even when you don’t see immediate results, keep praying and speaking life and blessings over that situation. As long as you are praying according to God’s promises, your answer will surely come to pass.
God is the prayer answering God, He doesn’t store prayer, He answers them. Therefore don’t give up on sowing seeds of prayer! Truly, the fervent prayer of the righteous does avail much.
As you pray, mountains are moving. And very soon, you’ll see great manifestation of answers as you reap a harvest of blessings, favor, health, increase and amazing open doors to greater levels.
PRAYER: Lord I thank You for granting me the grace to persevere in prayers. I know that even right now, the Holy Spirit is moving in my life and bringing speedy manifestations of my desired miracles and blessings in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials. WORDBITE 222
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