When my husband, Tom, was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, I began to call family members. My sister and her husband came right away to be with me, and we prayed as we waited. Tom’s sister listened to my anxious voice on the phone and immediately said, “Cindy, can I pray with you?” When my pastor and his wife arrived, he too prayed for us (James 5:13-16).
Oswald Chambers wrote: “We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.”
At its root, prayer is simply a conversation with God, spoken in the expectation that God hears and answers. Prayer should not be a last resort. In His Word, God encourages us to engage Him in prayer (Philippians 4:6). We also have His promise that when “two or three are gathered together” in His Name, He will be “there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20).
For those who have experienced the power of the Almighty, our first inclination often will be to cry out to Him. Nineteenth-century pastor Andrew Murray said: “Prayer opens the way for God Himself to do His work in us and through us.” – Cindy Kasper
When I come before His presence
In the secret place of prayer,
Do I know the wondrous greatness
Of His power to meet me there? – Hallen

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Pray first!

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We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all

Does anyone think the author's husband would have fared better if she decided to hold a prayer meeting before rushing him to the hospital?

Seun:

Does anyone think the author's husband would have fared better if the lady decided to hold a prayer meeting before rushing him to the hospital?

The power of half thought

Seun:

Does anyone think the author's husband would have fared better if the lady decided to hold a prayer meeting before rushing him to the hospital?

Probably. If bn a dead man means faring better..

Seun:

Does anyone think the author's husband would have fared better if she decided to hold a prayer meeting before rushing him to the hospital?

Prayer doesnt have to be spoken out, be done alone or last 5 minutes.