Hope through faith and prayer?

Hi everyone. One way that I maintain hope is through faith and prayer. How many other people on here rely on their faith and/or on prayer for hope?

I have a book that I highly recommend to others. It is what I would consider to be an inter-religious book in that it does not seem to endorse any one faith. However, it does endorse prayer. The author is Larry Dossey, M.D. and the book's title is "Prayer is Good Medicine". I love this book. It endorses prayer but it also provides the alternative viewpoints about prayer and it answers those viewpoints as well. This book is not about faith healing but about prayer and it's healing effects. I highly recommend getting this book from your local library or buying it at a book store and reading it. It does not need to be read in order. You can read it one section/chapter at a time and even pick a section/chapter randomly without worrying about losing the point of the book. It is a great book in my opinion.

Anyway, if anyone would like to provide quotes from various religions about healing, faith, or prayer, feel free to do so. I would request that nobody endorse faith healing on here though or at least that if you do, you do not endorse it to the exclusion of mainstream medicine. Thank you.

Hi Cloud,

My faith in Christ definitely provides me with hope: hope for healing, hope for mercy, hope for grace, hope for eternity. I don't know much about the mental health benefits of prayer, but I'm sure there are many.

May I ask which faith you subscribe to, Cloud?

AJ

That's a good way and U should try to keep up with it.

Bipolar1983 wrote:Hi Cloud,

My faith in Christ definitely provides me with hope: hope for healing, hope for mercy, hope for grace, hope for eternity. I don't know much about the mental health benefits of prayer, but I'm sure there are many.

May I ask which faith you subscribe to, Cloud?

AJ

Hey AJ. I used to subscribe to the Catholic faith but anymore, I find it to be way too restrictive. It is having a hurtful effect on my relationship with my boyfriend too and I love him very much. So yeah, I am seriously considering giving up on faith altogether. I have not yet been able to find a religion other than Unitarian Universalism or very Liberal Christianity that I actually like. However, the events that I've had in my life sort of lead me to believe that there really is no deity either in this universe or outside of it. I am seriously becoming either an Agnostic or an outright Atheist. Thing is, if I do this, I want to be a positive one. I don't want to be one of those bitter Atheists who always find fault in anything that has anything to do with religion.

Tried Taoist philosophy? I'm finding it more and more helpful all the time. It isn't really a religion though some Taoists do have religious and spiritual practices but the philosophy can be applied without those, or even in other religions.

gwilly wrote:Tried Taoist philosophy? I'm finding it more and more helpful all the time. It isn't really a religion though some Taoists do have religious and spiritual practices but the philosophy can be applied without those, or even in other religions.

No, I never have tried Taoism. I don't think I ever would either. I'm really not much in to any religion any more.

Cloud09 wrote:Hi everyone. One way that I maintain hope is through faith and prayer. How many other people on here rely on their faith and/or on prayer for hope?

I have a book that I highly recommend to others. It is what I would consider to be an inter-religious book in that it does not seem to endorse any one faith. However, it does endorse prayer. The author is Larry Dossey, M.D. and the book's title is "Prayer is Good Medicine". I love this book. It endorses prayer but it also provides the alternative viewpoints about prayer and it answers those viewpoints as well. This book is not about faith healing but about prayer and it's healing effects. I highly recommend getting this book from your local library or buying it at a book store and reading it. It does not need to be read in order. You can read it one section/chapter at a time and even pick a section/chapter randomly without worrying about losing the point of the book. It is a great book in my opinion.

Anyway, if anyone would like to provide quotes from various religions about healing, faith, or prayer, feel free to do so. I would request that nobody endorse faith healing on here though or at least that if you do, you do not endorse it to the exclusion of mainstream medicine. Thank you.

I would request that nobody endorse faith healing on here though or at least that if you do, you do not endorse it to the exclusion of mainstream medicine. Thank you.

Greetings Cloudo9;

Absolutely No disrespect; but isn't your requesting people not to include

Faith Healing

to the inclusion of your beliefs, and then placing limitations to the exclusion of of mainstream medicine making

Both

faith healing and mainstream medicine unto One God?

I reiterate no disrespect. And though I believe in ONLY ONE GOD does that mean that persons like me, can't express their own poetic beliefs in this Forum thread unto themselves?

Religion is a very personal touchy subject just as it is for those who don't believe. As long as both sides of the fence are free to write their own poetic expressions religious or otherwise and not deliberately exact their poems in a self-righteous way towards others. I don't see why others can't submit meaning poems that speak of inspiration to themselves.

Sincerely
Chris

This is a public forum and no one can exclude or sensor others beliefs. All thoughts are welcome here as long as they remain civil.
Religion is typically a sensitive subject here. Please be respectful of others.
Cloud, I have not seen any recent posts beyond July. Are you still around?
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My belief is that hope and prayer through Jesus Christ is the ultimate healing to for the broken and downtrodden. He can reach to the heart and root of all problems, where some modern practices cannot delve fully. Treatment through therapy is effective and helped many, in it's defence. If modern medecine should be included, I would say God would proscribe to natural remedies and not those that cause addiction and harmful side-effects. That is purely my opinion, however.

-Nanashi-

Nanashi wrote:My belief is that hope and prayer through Jesus Christ is the ultimate healing to for the broken and downtrodden. He can reach to the heart and root of all problems, where some modern practices cannot delve fully. Treatment through therapy is effective and helped many, in it's defence. If modern medecine should be included, I would say God would proscribe to natural remedies and not those that cause addiction and harmful side-effects. That is purely my opinion, however.

-Nanashi-

Hi Nanashi;

Thank You! You have my heartfelt sentiments.
It's my opinion too

God Bless
A Friend
Chris