15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
I was reading an article in the New York Times about meditation and its ability to reduce stress. Someone has defined stress as the reaction of the body to things that happen to it. Meditation allows the mind to relax and therefore the stress is reduced.
Using functional MRI and advanced EEG analysis, a group of medical experts were able to measure and record certain set points for the brain that were associated with certain moods. The functional M.R.I. images reveal that when people are emotionally distressed — anxious, angry, depressed — the most active sites in the brain are circuitry converging on the amygdala, part of the brain's emotional centers, and the right prefrontal cortex, a brain region important for the hypervigilance typical of people under stress.
By contrast, when people are in positive moods — upbeat, enthusiastic and energized — those sites are quiet, with the heightened activity in the left prefrontal cortex. The scientists discovered what they believe is a quick way to index a person's typical mood range, by reading the baseline levels of activity in these right and left prefrontal areas. That ratio predicts daily moods with surprising accuracy. The more the ratio tilts to the right, the more unhappy or distressed a person tends to be, while the more activity to the left, the more happy and enthusiastic.
As I went on to read the rest of the article, I could not help but think how wonderful God is indeed! He created us with not only the capacity for prayer… He created us with the need for prayer! Prayer is God’s remedy for stress! The greatest form of meditation is prayer! Talking to God is the best form of meditation there is and therefore it is the best cure for stress!
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man indeed availeth much!
When anxiety comes, pray. When discouragement comes, pray. When disappointment comes, pray! When you have thoughts that you know are not from God, pray! When things happen to you or around you that affect your life, your outlook on life or your relationship with God… then it is time to pray.
How do you spell relief for stress in your life?
PRAYER !!!
Prayer works if we will just work prayer!!!
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