Hello.
A family member of mine has been extremely ill, he's in a critical condition and I've been praying desperately for his recovery. Like a lot of people probably do, I began researching prayer to see if there's a certain way to do it. Is it just the words we say? Or is there more to it? And I've become genuinely confused. I hear about having the right intentions and generating feelings of love and compassion when praying, seeing results as if they already happened. I don't really see anything wrong with those things but then I think about how we're told to be and do certain things, so the form the prayer takes can't be all there is... but then we're told our own righteousness is as filthy rags, so it can't be our own goodness that does anything. I don't want to do anything wrong that will grieve the Spirit of God...I'm not purposely trying to bypass God or use "enchantments" or anything like that, at the same time I don't want to dismiss something that may just be part of the natural world God created that we aren't aware of, if it would help my loved one. I just don't know what to think but I have a serious burden to pray for his recovery, probably more of a burden than I've ever experienced before. I don't have time to research everything there is to learn about prayer so I thought it would be a good idea to get some opinions and maybe some advice. What to do? What to do?
I'm sorry if this post is erratic, I'm quite tired and I'm feeling a bit frazzled right now tbh. Thanks in advance.
A family member of mine has been extremely ill, he's in a critical condition and I've been praying desperately for his recovery. Like a lot of people probably do, I began researching prayer to see if there's a certain way to do it. Is it just the words we say? Or is there more to it? And I've become genuinely confused. I hear about having the right intentions and generating feelings of love and compassion when praying, seeing results as if they already happened. I don't really see anything wrong with those things but then I think about how we're told to be and do certain things, so the form the prayer takes can't be all there is... but then we're told our own righteousness is as filthy rags, so it can't be our own goodness that does anything. I don't want to do anything wrong that will grieve the Spirit of God...I'm not purposely trying to bypass God or use "enchantments" or anything like that, at the same time I don't want to dismiss something that may just be part of the natural world God created that we aren't aware of, if it would help my loved one. I just don't know what to think but I have a serious burden to pray for his recovery, probably more of a burden than I've ever experienced before. I don't have time to research everything there is to learn about prayer so I thought it would be a good idea to get some opinions and maybe some advice. What to do? What to do?
I'm sorry if this post is erratic, I'm quite tired and I'm feeling a bit frazzled right now tbh. Thanks in advance.