Have You had Someone do "Intercessory Prayer" for You? I Have



The effect of prayer will go on forever so one wonders why discuss it? The link asks that question. You will not learn anything from the link except that believers like to pray and it makes them feel they are doing something even though there is no evidence prayer actually does anything.

Many decades ago when I was a mayor of the largest city in ND, Fargo, people from outside the city regularly made appointments to talk to me. Some came to talk about money and business. Others came to talk about state politics. A popular topic was religion. I was surprised about that.

The link made me remember my intercessory prayer experience. I may have written about it here before so skip the rest of this post if that's the case.

A preacher from a couple of hours away made an appointment and spent his half hour telling me of the times he had done intercessory prayer and saved the lives of other politicians. One was the Governor at the time, Allen Olson, who said at the time the preacher was praying he was in a small plane and the engine might have sounded suspicious. The Governor graciously thanked the preacher for getting him home safely. 

I was growing weary of his nonsense, his appointment time was about up and I began thanking him for coming into tell me about his "work." Suddenly, he was very serious. "I came to talk to you about something important, Mayor. Were you feeling ill last week, about the middle of the week?" I knew where he was going and did not want humor him like the Governor and everyone else apparently had done. So, I told him the truth, no I felt fine last week. I could see he did not believe me. He held up his pinky finger and said he saw a hole in my heart that size. Apparently, he had healed it. He was so upset that I was not telling him the truth about his healing I had trouble getting him out of the office so I could see the next person. 

If readers have not had the experience of "intercessory prayer" they must wait their turn. 

P.S. Note to readers: Thank you for reading this and any others I have posted. I enjoy writing this blog. There have been 400K visits since leaving the Fargo Forum some years ago and moving to blogspot and Face Book.

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