[__ Prayer __] How to pray for those...

[LILAC*]

How are we to pray for those who don't really believe in prayer?

I have family members who loosely claim Christianity, but live an extremely carnal life. In the past when talking about praying for healing has made them very angry and fearful and not wanting to discuss it, now they are the ones "asking us for prayer" because of cancer. I've reached a point where all I can pray is "God's will be done" because at the end of the day, it's up to God, regardless whether there is healing or not. They want healing, but they don't live for God. Any advice?

 

[Angelina]

I have a friend and a number of unbelieving family members who don't know Jesus, but I have prayed for their salvation and their healing, and the Lord has heard. He has not only healed them, but they have also been saved because of God's mighty work in their lives. Sister LILAC* I would just stand in the gap and pray for your family's salvation and healing anyway and let God take care of the details. Be Blessed and have an awesome day!

 

[PopaSodinski]

I would pray that the Lord heals them, and uses their healing to draw them closer to Him.

Also, anyone fighting cancer should consider supplementing their primary treatments with some alternative cancer protocols, some of them can be quite effective:

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Just don't take artemisinin if there's been radiation therapy in the last six months.

 

[Barbarian]

God says to pray for people. Even your enemies. Because everyone that comes to God, is a source of joy for Him. Don't worry about who deserves it; none of us really do. Just do it.

 

[Christ_empowered]

Hi

I believe that God has healed me. It’s strange because I have a high iq estimate now and I’m physically healthy but I have schizophrenia. Anyway…

As someone who was once an enemy of God and a particularly wretched miserable unrepentant sinner…

Just pray as fervently and earnestly as you can. In my own life some physical healing came before my genuine conversion. Then there was true healing and restoration. So…who knows? Maybe God will work out healing even miracles and they’ll come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

 

[Christ_empowered]

Oh and…

Remember the parable about the workers? The one where they all received the same wage even the last few to come in?