@drleewarren: I’m not supposed to tell you this, but there’s a study published in the British Medical Journal that most people never hear about, because the results are so strange that a lot of scientists would rather just ignore them. Researchers looked at thousands of patients who had already been treated for bloodstream infections years earlier, between 1990 and 1996. Then, in the year 2000, they randomly assigned half of those past patients to receive remote prayer for their well-being and full recovery. The prayer happened after the patients were already out of the hospital. And the group that was prayed for had statistically significantly shorter hospital stays and shorter duration of fever. Now, the author later described the paper as more of a thought experiment than a serious claim. But the data is still the data. And it raises a question that Jesus already answered a long time ago. Luke 18:1 says:
“Jesus told the disciples of parable so that they would always pray and never give up.” So even if the outcome already feels determined…
Even if it already feels too late…
Even if your brain is telling you the door is closed… Do not lose heart. Keep bringing it to God.
 Keep praying. 
Because from our limited perspective, some things look finished, but God is not limited by how things look to us. Jesus didn’t say “pray until it looks possible.” 
He said always pray and never give up. So whatever feels settled in your life right now—bring it one more time.
Keep praying. 
Never give up. Save this for the next time you feel like giving up. And share with a friend who needs to know it's not too late to pray. Follow me for daily connections between neuroscience and faith to help you thrive. And click the link in my bio to learn more about self-brain surgery. Citation: Leibovici L. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2001;323(7327):1450-1451. doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7327.1450 https://www.bmj.com/content/323/7327/1450

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