prayer for ppl in hospital

STEPStudy

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16569567/

Difference of prayer types.

The study should include people that prayed for themselves (instead of just others praying for them).

Testing God to prove something rarely ends well, Jesus himself didn't even want to test his own Father. Although God did respond many times in the Bible stories and throughout history that He is there...

I guess prayer in the closet when no one is looking is more about building a relationship with God. More than praying infront of others as Pharisees do to show off for the sake of human approval...

I like how the study shares about people doing worse off when they knew they were being prayed for.

And linked it to anxiety. Which probably has bio chemical effects on the natural recovery process..

Its like the saying. pray for good results in an exam, but dont study for it. God probably wont help that person with a miracle..

If I discard all the responsibility of healing to "prayers of others" and take no initiative on my own to do anything beneficial ... it probably doesnt work that way.

Cause then faith would be forced upon an unwilling person, and hence loss of "free will". Which.. I think a relational God would like the people believing in Him to have....

Also, God made our biological bodies good. In His design. But due to sin, entropy enters with death and decay....

Heart problems, cancer, plaque, etc...

But He did grant every precious child a brilliant mind. And one so powerful that thoughts can have strong enough placebo effects to heal the body that is otherwise resolved to death from a broken will to live.. Of cause, many in human history have done researches to try and discover these ultimate mysteries...

In neuroscience, biochemistry, etc .. the body does run on electro chemical signals, bio markers, genetics ... as you would know as a scientist 

Science doesnt disprove God, some studies might try to, but they all seem flawed. I.e praying for good results in a test thing.... 

And at the end of the day, science cant answer all the questions. Its still a subset of creation and origins.

Science isn't evil though. Its just a tool. And infact is really good. More and more people should thinking scientificly!! As a matter of fact.... I think alot of people will drop limiting beliefs if they adopted logic and reason... haha

whose side are you on

The agent is not on your side

The bank just wants to loan you money and make interest off you

Your lawyer is on your side l

Trust him

got this email at 3.24pm, went unconditional at 4.16pm .. a sense of urgency

Now I'm in debt

, 30 years ..

Sigh..

"Scammers impersonate big companies like banks, even sometimes mimicking their phone numbers, texts or emails. Their goal? To steal your hard-earned money.

 

 

Stay alert, protect yourself

 

Say no and hang up "

why cant I be more authentic

I still live my life to please others

To please you

I'm afraid to say "no"

simplicity is surreally sublime

Thr ability to remember is such a wonderful gift when expressed in a child...

When they can start repeating words or count numbers

... I mean. That's like what defined us in our school years right? The ability to recall facts during examinations to get that A score....

Until ....... they start remembering things you wish they didn't.

Like how you promised to bring their socks back to daycare after forgetting to throw it in the car during the morning rush to get everyone to where they need to be by the clock in time....

And so, you try your best to keep to the promise.

Small things. But in a child's world, some perceptions of time mean the lifetime to them.

A word unfulfilled is one of the greatest destroyers in a person's perspective of relationships 

Of cause, not everything that is said can be done. Sometimes it really is out of our control. And along the way of growing up, we learn to let go of things

Bith the Things that dont really matter.. and the things that do. The latter being the harder

After memory and recall: Selective forgetfulness,  is the next ability that is a useful trait to have in life.

Its not that we dont remember things,

Its that we make the active decision to not keep bringing up an event in the past.

Although it might have been painful, or sad, or life defining.

Neurons that fire together wire together.

Use it or loose it. So dont use it, and your brain will eventually lose it.

That's why the best way to not remember something is to not only not thonk about it (like trying to not thonk about the elephant in the room). But actively replacing it with something positive.

Choose to remember the good memories, 

And the bad ones will have no space to take root.

Let go, let God.

Focus on what really matters,

The inconsequential can become crippling if ruminating on when there are better things to do in life

Think about the possibilities, 

The brighter future that life beholds

In the life of Christ that is promised.

Its tough

To let go of the past

Its hard

To apologize and say sorry

But it doesnt have to be

If one considers themselves already dead.

That's what sin is.

The inability to forgive 

..and move on

Its a chain, shackles and prison...

When one comes to Christ,

We die. And there is no longer anymore ego or pride. Its okay to say sorry. There's  nothing to loose, if all has already been lost.

Or is it.

Victory comes not to the strong in their own eyes. But to those that see weakness in their being, and the need of reliance on God for strength 

Sin has no hold,

On the one surrendered to Christ.

For it is Jesus that bears our sin,

On that rugged cross on Calvary 

Chilvery 

Is dead

And only becomes alive,

When one can die to the self.

To lay down the one's own coat on a puddle for the dame to step over.

Not with hidden intentions to flirt and gain anything transactional or reward later on,

But juat because that's who the man is.

Dead to himself, so that he can live (not for others) but for Chirst himself.

Choose to forget,

The wet muddy coat.

The washing that needs to be done.

Hanging out the laundry to dry,

The folding of clothes

The cabinet of cloth.

There's more important thing to the fabrics of time

Choose to remember, 

The happy birthdays,

The celebrations,

The joyous occasions.

For we only have these few years left on earth, 

Before an obituary 

The end is near,

Even if it is 50 or a thousand years from now.

It doesnt matter

Not that nothing matters,

But few things do.

Choose to remember that which matters.

And leave out whatever doesnt matter.

Its not about accumulating more,

Its about subtracting until the bear essentials is distilled to the essence of life.

Love, joy, peace, hope

Let them win

Over pain, regret, despair and loathing

There will be a time for grieving.

Emotions are what makes us human.

Resilience comes from taking the hit.

Take as much time as you need to heal.

But eventually heal you must.

Dont wallow in pity.

For there's plenty of time for that in the grave. Dont let hell arrive on earth before it is due. Let your bones do it for you, once you have let out the last breath on earth. 

For now,

I have no time to think about such things 

For I have to get to sweeping the floor.

And vacuuming the dust,  which reminds me im not in a virtual simulation.

Have a kid,

And there'll be little space to think about yourself. But if you walk the narrow path, you'll think much much deeper about yourself. And how this world isn't all about you.... nor is is about them.

This existence, 

Its meaning

Its propagation 

Its continual

Its reason

Its joy

Somethings in life matter.

And because of that 

I've forgotten the things that don't 

water to wine

No matter how Jesus did it.

It was a miracle 

Empty ceremonial jars,

Filled with water.

And given to the master of ceremony to drink, wine.

Its like making a cup of ribeana or cordial.

A little dried powder wine or syrup at the bottom of the flask. And add some water.

Its "like" 

But that's probably not how Jesus did it.

His was a miracle.

is phone addiction as bad as porn

Seems like it

In fact it's worse, 

Because it's acceptable 

You can watch porn in public, 

But you can use the phone 

the ability to forget

The ability to forget things... 

...is a gift humans have.

One that might go away with using AI,

That remembers everything in databases.

Unless it learns to forget things too

breathing in bed

One of the best activities to do...