What Does it Mean to Pray, and Can Prayer Really Cause Miracles?

Before I could come to my own personal understanding of how powerful words are, I used to think that people who would say, "Have a blessed day," or, "Be blessed," were being overly religious. I even took it one step further and felt they were being self righteous and maybe even sarcastic. But as I continue to evolve on my own spiritual journey I've come to realize that what they were actually doing was sending out a prayer intercession for me to experience a blessing throughout the day.

So what does it mean to pray? According to the bible, it says to pray for one another as Jesus taught us by example when he prayed for his disciples and the generations to come that would follow his teachings. However simply put, praying or prayer involves having a conversation with God. Praying and prayer can be accomplished in many ways such as in private, large or small groups and in church were the leaders of the church will intercede the prayer request of their congregation.

In the bible Jesus tells us that all of our prayers are answered. The author for The Works of God states that we are encouraged to pray for miracles because this is the ultimate test of our faith, miracles come as testimonies to God's power. But the most effective prayer for miracles is a systematic approach focusing one's intention and formulating prayers that get results, based on the premise that one's thoughts create one's destiny, as suggested by Dr. Shumsky, the author of Nine Steps to Creating Prayers That Get Results. Which indicates the power to get prayers resulting in miracles belongs to those individuals who believe? The Lord is always with us but we are not always with him and it's our belief in him that our prayers are heard and are answered, the power behind the prayer that gets results.

Does prayer really work? Based on Our Prayer, an online ministry set up to help people with their prayer request believes that they do. Based on my own experiences with prayers and the testimonies I read on the site I agree. An Editor doing reviews on Amazon for Publisher Weekly states that we are all potential saints with the capacity to create miracles. Does prayer really work? Well the person praying would have to ask the question, how much do I believe in what I'm praying for to manifest?