How it’s never too late to send up a prayer for healing!
Remote intercessory prayer said for a group of patients is associated with a shorter hospital stay and shorter duration of fever in patients with a bloodstream infection, even when the intervention is performed 4-10 years after the infection https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61047/
I come from a faith-based family. We believe in the power of prayer.
But even if your beliefs are different, I’m sure somewhere along the way, you’ve been asked to pray for someone. Because deep down, we all hope that there’s someone out there who can work a miracle on our behalf.
Guilty admission: Sometimes I say I will pray for someone, and then forget “until it’s too late”. They got better, went home, survived their surgery, etc.
Let’s face it; we are busy and sometimes we forget to do things.
But what if it’s never too late?
What if when you pray doesn’t matter?
Here’s the nuts and bolts of the study. 3,393 patients in Israel were admitted to the hospital with blood infections between 1990 and 1996.
In the year 2000, these patients were randomized into two groups, a control group and a prayer group, determined by a coin toss to be totally random. A remote, intercessory prayer was said for each person in the second group. The prayers were said 4-10 YEARS after their hospital stay.
When the results were uncovered, the prayer group had a statistically significant shorter hospital stay and lower duration fever.
Takeaway? Time isn’t linear, and it’s never too late to ask for help from above.
Want to learn more? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC61047/
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