Prayer works and aids healing

NewsMax posted the following:

Dr. Crandall: The Healing Power of Prayer

Numerous research studies and anecdotal stories have shown the power that prayer can have in our lives and for our health.

Dr. Chauncey Crandall, world-renowned cardiologist and director of preventive medicine at the Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic in Florida, has observed the power that prayer can have on health firsthand.

“When I was at Yale University and I rounded on the wards of the hospital, I found something that just really amazed me,” Crandall tells Newsmax’s “Newsline.” “The people that were being prayed for seemed to get well faster than those that weren’t,” he observed. …

Numerous research studies and anecdotal stories have shown the power that prayer can have in our lives and for our health.

Dr. Chauncey Crandall, world-renowned cardiologist and director of preventive medicine at the Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic in Florida, has observed the power that prayer can have on health firsthand.

A recent review of 32 studies, published in the International Journal of Depression and Anxiety, came to the same conclusion. In nearly every one of the studies, religion in general, and religious training, spirituality, faith, prayer and a religious community were associated with reduced anxiety. The effects were observed in healthy adults and those with cancer, cardiovascular disease or other illnesses.

And another study performed over 20 years ago on 1,000 cardiac patients in a hospital in Kansas City found that those who were prayed for daily for four weeks (without them knowing it) fared better, with fewer complications, such as pneumonia, chest pains, infections or death, than those who were not prayed for. https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/prayer-health-anxiety/2025/04/18/id/1207451/

God hears prayers, and often answers them.

Prayer is not just about asking God to give us things or to think God should be pleased because we address Him.

Here is a summary of some of the information in our free ebook Prayer: What Does the Bible Teach? 28 tips on improving the effectiveness of your prayers:

Here is a listing of the 28 tips:

Pray to God the Father

Worship God in Truth

Believe God

Obey God: Do More than the Demons

Worship God in Spirit

Resist Satan

Don’t Fight God

Pray for Others

Pray for Your Needs

Remember God’s Will and Have Your Priorities in Order

Praying Positions from the Bible

Pray Every Day

Forgiveness

Recognize God’s Spirit

Pray for What the Bible Says to Pray For

Ask for Spiritual Gifts

Don’t Pray for Show

Obey the New Testament About Head Coverings

Ask Often, Do Not Use Vain Repetitions, But Be Fervent

If You Are Suffering or Sick, Pray About It

Pray for Church Leaders

Pray for Secular Leaders

Put Jesus in Your Prayers

The Difficult: Remember Fasting

Pray With Thanksgiving

Deal With ‘Secret Sins’

Change Can Make the Impossible, Possible

Close with Amen

Some may be thinking:

“Wait a minute! I want God to do things MY WAY. That is why I pray. And you keep quoting verses that I should confess my sins, pray for others, pray for the work, pray for God’s will to be done, give thanks, and even fast. Those are not the kind of tips I was hoping for.”

Well, you either believe the God of the Bible or you do not. You can pray for your wants and needs, but you need to understand that prayer is intended to be more than a ‘please give me this, please give me that’ process.

Study, review, and strive to understand all the tips in this booklet. Read the Bible. Pray regularly to the Father.

If you believe and will follow what the Bible says, God will answer your prayers. The twenty-eight tips in this booklet should give you at least a start to realize how God wants you to view prayer.

¹⁷ Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:17)

Pray.

The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel:

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28 Tips on Prayer

People talk a lot about prayer. Many pray in public. Does God listen? What does the Bible teach about prayer? Can what you do or do not wear be a factor? How can your prayers be more effective? Why doesn’t God seem to answer all prayers? How should you deal with the difficult? How should you deal with ‘the impossible’? Here is a listing of the 28 tips that Dr. Thiel goes over in this sermon: 1. Pray to God the Father 2. Worship God in Truth 3. Believe God 4. Obey God: Do More than the Demons 5. Worship God in Spirit 6. Resist Satan 7. Don’t Fight God 8. Pray for Others 9. Pray for Your Needs 10. Remember God’s Will and Have Your Priorities in Order 11. Praying Positions from the Bible 12. Pray Every Day 13. Forgiveness 14. Recognize God’s Spirit 15. Pray for What the Bible Says to Pray For 16. Ask for Spiritual Gifts 17. Don’t Pray for Show 18. Obey the New Testament About Head Coverings 19. Ask Often, Do Not Use Vain Repetitions, But Be Fervent 20. If You Are Suffering or Sick, Pray About It 21. Pray for Church Leaders 22. Pray for Secular Leaders 23. Put Jesus in Your Prayers 24. The Difficult: Remember Fasting 25. Pray With Thanksgiving 26. Deal With ‘Secret Sins’ 27. Change Can Make the Impossible, Possible 28. Close with Amen.

Here is a link to the sermon video: 28 Tips on Prayer.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

Prayer: What Does the Bible Teach? 28 tips on improving the effectiveness of your prayers People talk a lot about prayer. Many pray in public. Does God listen? What does the Bible teach about prayer? How can your prayers be more effective? Does the Bible give particular positions to pray in? What does God want you to pray for? What if what you want is difficult? What if what you want is humanly impossible? Why doesn’t God seem to answer all prayers? This free booklet answers all those questions and more. This contains 28 biblically-based tips on improving the effectiveness of your prayers. This is a pdf. A related two part sermon is available: What Does the Bible Teach About Prayer? and What does the Bible Teach About Prayer (& Healing)? There is also a single sermon available: 28 Tips on Prayer.
What Should I Pray About? An old article by Lynn Torrance on prayer.
Does God Heal Today? This historical article is by Herbert Armstrong and provides his views circa 1952, which he seemed to later modify, at least to some degree.
Ten Simple Rules that Lead to Health Herbert Armstrong gives his opinions on this.
Importance of Fasting An old article by Herbert W. Armstrong on this subject.
Faith for those God has Called and Chosen What is faith? Can faith be increased? Are you saved by faith? What about works? Do Christians need to keep the Ten Commandments? What is the ‘faith chapter’? How do the just live by faith? Is faith one of the weightier matters of the law? How does faith come? Here is a link to a pdf. booklet titled Faith for Those God has Called and Chosen. Marque aquí para ver el pdf folleto: Fe para aquellos que Dios ha llamado y escogido.Here is a link to a related sermon titled: Faith for the Called and Chosen. Here is a link to shorter version of the written article in Mandarin Chinese 一篇关于信仰的小文章
 Christians: Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, Biblical instructions on living as a Christian This is a scripture-filled booklet for those wishing to live as a real Christian. A related sermon is also available: Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God.