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Prayer and Healing
Brian Benjamin Carter
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On Medline,
a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access
to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and
additional life science journals), I have found 5
studies, 4 of which are randomized and placebo-controlled
that prove SCIENTIFICALLY that prayer helps people heal faster
and more effectively.
Did you get that? It's been proven scientifically
that PRAYER HEALS. With that in mind, I am going to be adding
a section to the PULSE on the power of prayer. I would like to
include some structure for those of you readers who are interested
to participate in some long-distance healing prayer.
Personally, I notice a huge difference in my attitude,
effectiveness, and in my interactions with patients when I pray
that God work through me and heals them. I am more and more sure
that it is God who heals. When the gardener plants a seed, it
is God that makes it grow. When a medical practitioner intervenes,
in the same way, it is God who does the actual healing.
Your spiritual condition
is the PRIMARY factor in the quality of your life, health, relationships,
and prosperity. Of this I am convinced.
Research on Prayer:
- A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory
prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the coronary
care unit
- Positive therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer in a coronary
care unit population
- A randomized double-blind study of the effect of distant healing
in a
population with advanced AIDS. Report of a small scale study
- Intercessory prayer in the treatment of alcohol
abuse and dependence: a pilot investigation
- An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory
prayer on self-esteem,
anxiety, and depression
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