Hey Richard,
I believe prayer is incredibly powerful. Having granted over 7000 wishes to children and adults with critical illnesses and serious physical challenges, I have witnessed things that I cannot even put into words. I was in the hospital visiting a very sick child with bone cancer and two days later he was down south elk hunting. I visited with a young boy that had open heart surgery and less than three weeks he was attending a water-sport event we hold annual here in WI for hundreds of children. I visited a young girl battling brain cancer that had 4 brain surgeries right before Christmas in 2008 and another in February 2009; she has not been back in the hospital since. The one thing that these children have in common is that I wrote about them on this forum and that WE all prayed collectively for them. Prayer is a powerful means of speaking to God for His guidance and healing, and for understanding the meaning of coping and acceptance through BELIEVING! God bless.
Brigid O'Donoghue