[friendociate]

That is, I'm not sure one prayer is separate from the next. One day, you release a group of words into the air (and we all suppose they 'rise up to Our Heavenly Father (we'll call him Abba)' like Lord Jesus was said to do); the next day, you release a similar grouping of words into the air, and they float up into the clouds like before.

Who's to say that 'the next group of words' doesn't float up to- & mingle with-'the previous group of words' or -'your neighbor's puff-of-words'---indistinguishable from one another (now that they're no-longer "in your heart," but rather are floating free), paying no regard to 'what Deity you pray-to' or 'who approves of your prayer' or 'the true intention in your heart'?

This is one reason we're told not to 'pray our problems.' You pray, "Oh Abba, I've got all these problems!" and--before you go on to say--"and I know you'll help me solve them or get rid of them or manage them"--Abba goes "Problems? Okay!" and 'rains them down upon you.'

Rather than 'pray our problems,' we are to pray Abba's promises (as Tidbits from Heaven (the linked blog) reminds us of 'what the hymn reminds us we're "standing on"').

'Those promises' are words that "produce a sweet savor" as we lift them back to Abba ... as opposed to 'the words that produce a foul odor'---maybe that's why the original word for 'Hell' was the name of the Jews' garbage-dump (where the refuse was burning the foul stench into the air).

[arunima]

That is an interesting perception.
I say my prayers silently as I feel silent prayers are more effective and powerful and healing too.

[friendociate]

That is an interesting perception.
I say my prayers silently as I feel silent prayers are more effective and powerful and healing too.

Reminds me of

Mother Teresa was asked once by an interviewer: "When you pray, what do you say to God? She said, "I don't talk, I listen." The interviewer then asked: "What does God say to you?" Mother Teresa replied, "He doesn't talk. He listens. And if you don't understand that, I can't explain it to you."

[darkthorn]

A prayer is nothing more than energy being put out in the Universe, there is nothing wrong with praying, some pray for good others to do bad, both prays work because it is all energy and intention. Like I said in many posts before we are more powerful than we think, out bodies have the ability to self heal but we have been programmed for thousands of years to forget how to do that. The Universe is all energy, Jesus tried to teach us that when he changed water into wine he was doing nothing more than manipulating energy .

[friendociate]

A prayer is nothing more than energy being put out in the Universe

Facebook has me training my mind to respond in .GIFs, and the first one I think of when I see people telling each other they're "sending out energy" (well, a still-frame of it) is

Sure, Jesus did a lot of 'magic tricks' to gain a following. (So did Penn Jillette, who is unabashedly atheist.) But His ministry was not about 'using magical powers to control the environment' (although I'm sure He said quite a few things that people might use to convince you that's what it was about).

No, His ministry was more about Peace-of-Mind ... about knowing things will be the way they need to be.

The water-to-wine deal? Who's to say He didn't just PERSUADE everyone in the party to think 'the better wine was saved for last'?