intercessory prayer
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prayer
noun
uk/preər/us/prer/
the words that someone says or thinks when they ...
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(Definition ofprayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To put it simply, as one commentator did, the benefits to the public ofintercessoryprayerwere not susceptible of legal proof.
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The courts have said that they cannot accept as proof of benefit whatever a particular church may happen to believe about the benefits or efficacy ofintercessoryprayer.
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Numerous miracles were attributed to his intercession and tointercessoryprayernear his remains.
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Healing prayer andintercessoryprayerare also part of these meetings.
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The amount of formal research performed onintercessoryprayeris quite small, with about $5 million spent worldwide on such research each year.
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Instead, they were focusing primarily on the religious obligations ofintercessoryprayer, especially for donors to the monasteries.
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The result published in 2006 concluded thatintercessoryprayerhas no beneficial effect on patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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The study is regarded as the first time rigorous scientific protocols are applied on a large scale to assess the feasibility ofintercessoryprayerand other healing practices.
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The students worked hard by day to prepare the buildings for classes and gathered for prayer in the evenings, which includedintercessoryprayer, prophecy and fasting.
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This in turn bound together the rich and poor through the intercessory prayers offered up in return for gifts.
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It is an informalintercessoryprayer, covering a wide variety of concerns such as the church, the state, the living and the dead, and public and private necessities.
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Christians were aware of their duty to intercede for the dead, just as later they would themselves need the intercessory prayers of those who followed them.
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Here he stresses in particular the aspect of caring for the poor as exemplified by rich donations to favoured poor houses and hospitals in return for intercessory prayers.
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If he chooses to apply for a private service for the purposes of these intercessory prayers, there is nothing in the world to stop him.
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In contemporary usage, the term bidding-prayer has largely been replaced by intercessory prayers or prayers of the people.
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