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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always used prayer as more of a meditative device. God doesn't grant wishes IMO (and experience). However, praying to God does allow me to look inward and to focus and to gain strength to get through some rough times. [/quote]

If you're not asking for God to grant wishes, what are you asking from him?  Why not meditate, instead of praying to someone who you don't think is listening? or is listening, but not dong anything?[/quote]

I am asking him to give me the strength to get through whatever it is I am experiencing. He is not a genie. I do think he is listening. I just don't think his answer is to grant whatever it is I think I need in life. So for example, when my mom was dying I did pray for him to cure her. it did not happen. What prayer did was give me someone to turn to when everything was so horrible. It gave me strength to get through it all. It provided me with peace.  [/quote]

Op  here.  This is what I don't understand.  God apparently could have cured her but simply chose not to.

I'm sorry for your loss, but glad you found peace.[/quote]
For everyone who mentions that God could have cured someone but didn't, do you think we are immortal? We will all die.

But God cured us all through Christ. Those who believe in Him [i]will have eternal life[/i]. So yes, God is listening. He gave his only begotten Son for us.[/quote]

Some will just have to go through Hell on Earth to get there?

OP here again.  The boy's family is taking comfort in the prayers being offered.   Which means the prayer is doing what it was likely expected to do.[/quote]
Try reading 2 Corinthians 4: "For our light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory that is beyond all comparison. So we keep our eyes on what is unseen, not what is unseen. For what is unseen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

Suffering is hard. The LORD Jesus suffered on the cross and died so that you can look forward to an eternal weight of glory with Him that will make you forget all about your earthly troubles. The Bible has the answers to this. Look to the LORD and ask for strength and deliverance. This world will pass away. It has been made imperfect by man's sin. But the LORD Jesus Christ will make perfect all those who believe in him.

Here is another passage from 2 Corinthians 2: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for those who love Him." It is hard to do, but do not focus on this earth. It will pass away. You will pass away. Eternity with the LORD will not pass away. It is beyond our imaginings, but God will wipe away every tear from our eyes for eternity (this is in Revelation). If you focus on this world and keep asking why bad things happen, you will never experience the peace that the LORD has prepared for you if you will just ask. That is what prayer is for.[/quote]

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