How to pray for people?

[OrionBalls]

Does G-d really need a person's last name? I feel like He would know who I'm referring to.

 

[OrionBalls]

In b4 Esau.

 

[The Luigi Player]

whatever your book or heart contents to so

 

[Justtocheck]

You do not. Action speaks louder.

 

[Blasterisk]

Does God even consider human birth names? He's got a book with the names of all those saved, which always led me to believe that there must be some distinguishing factor between all the John Smiths.

Also, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of us and our unknown groanings (Rom. 8:26-27), it is a sure thing that prayers delivered are understood. I think they're actually better understood in Heaven than they are on earth.

 

[OrionBalls]

You do not. Action speaks louder.

Only if the person who is asking is asking for intervention, not prayers. I'm not an interloper.

 

[vomitusdeux]

praying to god is like having a death note. You have to know the full name and face of the person or your prayers don't work.

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

Thots and prayers. Did you know prayers are witchcraft?

 

[Uncle Sid]

You're supposed to put all your prayers into a dagger, and then stick it into the person the prayers are for. That's just how God does things.

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

God operates on the same rules as the Death Note. You just have to write their names into the Bible.

 

[We Are The Witches]

Is this serious? I have a hard time considering it is.

Are you a believer? If you are, it follows that you attribute omniscience to God, which means your good intentions and wishes are clear in regards to who are aimed at.

There's no confusion, someone (God) who supposedly knows you better than yourself is not going to screw up because you didn't provide the last name or ZIP code, even if the person has no name.

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Having said this, I personally don't hold religious beliefs, so prayers to me are little more than poetry or placebo for the one reciting them.

If that's what you believe in I have no problem, but I'd suggest that before any praying, if you love that person, you try to help them with actions rather than with thoughts.

 

[Table Country]

Typically you pray for people through prayer.


For your health™

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Does God even consider human birth names? He's got a book with the names of all those saved, which always led me to believe that there must be some distinguishing factor between all the John Smiths.

Also, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of us and our unknown groanings (Rom. 8:26-27), it is a sure thing that prayers delivered are understood. I think they're actually better understood in Heaven than they are on earth.

In days of old, people were identified not just by their name, but by their family name and names of their parents. So one person would be "john smith, son of bob and lauren". Adam and Eve were the first of their kind, so they are THE Adam and THE Eve while their first child would be somwthing like "Bobby, son of Adam" followed by whatever they're known for that would eventually evolve into a surname "Bobby Tannery, son of Adam".

 

[Gravemind]

Have you offered your foreskin to the Lord yet?

 

[OrionBalls]

Have you offered your foreskin to the Lord yet?

I'm not Jewish, so G-d doesn't require genital mutilation of me.

 

[JethroTullamore]

From what I remember in Catholic school, I think it goes like this….

Step 1: get on your knees.

Step 2: close your eyes.

Step 3: don’t tell anyone else about this or God won’t answer your prayers, and he might even kill your parents.

Step 4: open your mouth and hold still

Than there was some gagging and I remember crying, but than ice cream after.
So uh, there’s that.

 

[Gravemind]

I'm not Jewish, so G-d doesn't require genital mutilation of me.

Oh.

Oh, I have bad news for you.