I wonder if it's the sort of praying we're doing, more than how much or how intensely. I know the way I've been praying since coming back to church is quite different than how I used to pray...and far more like how I was praying when I was in a time of intense revival in my life. Right now, the how isn't something I give much though to (until someone posts something like this..lol). I'm flat out desperate. I've gotten myself into a situation that there is absolutely no human way out of, and for sure absolutely no human way out of that *I* could manage to navigate. It's God or go back to where I was, and the "where I was" wouldn't be too kind to me if I went back. Kind of changes how one approaches God. It's let go and let God lift me out of this, w/o fighting or struggling or resisting in ANY way, or be dragged into a place of utter destruction of, at least, my soul. I'm still working on the letting go...
I'll let ya know in the next while if I start seeing any signs or wonders in my life. lol (cuz that'll prove my ponderings doncha know?)
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Originally Posted by Timmy
Statements like "we need to pray really hard about this" and "call everyone you know and get them praying!" etc. are interesting. The clear implication is that the more prayer, in quantity (both in time spent, and in the number of people praying) and intensity (pray harder!), the more likely God will answer. (And I mean answer in the obviously hoped for way - a healing or whatever. When God answers "no", well that's another topic!)
But is this really true? I guess we'd need a scientific study to answer definitively, with a control group and so on. But, in your experience: is it true? Does God come through for you more often when you spend more time in intense prayer, and/or get the prayer chain going?
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