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Prayer helps overcome [[addiction]], such as [[video game]] usage, [[gambling]], [[obesity]], [[alcoholism]], and football-watching.  For most people, overcoming addiction is impossible without prayer.   

Prayer helps overcome [[addiction]], such as [[video game]] usage, [[gambling]], [[obesity]], [[alcoholism]], and football-watching.  For most people, overcoming addiction is impossible without prayer.   

Prayer provides comfort in inevitable times of trouble.  It is a way to reach out for [[forgiveness]], and develop the ability to forgive.  It also is a way to request God's help or provision.  Prayer is a powerful way to defeat anxiety.  Prayer taps into the [[infinity|infinite]]—time, strength, joy, peace, or whatever—in ways that ordinary activities cannot.  Prayer is also relaxing in a world of increasing stress.

Prayer also helps overcome [[anxiety]], and provides comfort in inevitable times of trouble.  It is a way to reach out for [[forgiveness]], and develop the ability to forgive.  It also is a way to request God's help or provision.  Prayer is a powerful way to defeat anxiety.  Prayer taps into the [[infinity|infinite]]—time, strength, joy, peace, or whatever—in ways that ordinary activities cannot.  Prayer is also relaxing in a world of increasing stress.

 

Prayer can be the [[lobby|lobbying]] of [[God]] to intervene for good, analogous to the political process.

Through prayer, our thoughts and hopes are heard and understood. Oftentimes, prayer will result in feeling God's presence or feeling like one is touched by God. This feeling of a connection is cited by many theists as proof of God's existence. It is through prayer that man can understand God's will in his life and ask God for the courage and strength to carry his message to the world.  Prayer is common throughout the [[Bible]] in both the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]], and is mentioned 316 times in the [[Bible]] ([[ESV]]).

Through prayer, our thoughts and hopes are heard and understood. Oftentimes, prayer will result in feeling God's presence or feeling like one is touched by God. This feeling of a connection is cited by many theists as proof of God's existence. It is through prayer that man can understand God's will in his life and ask God for the courage and strength to carry his message to the world.  Prayer is common throughout the [[Bible]] in both the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]], and is mentioned 316 times in the [[Bible]] ([[ESV]]).