I don't know if it makes a difference in their recovery, but for some reason, it makes me feel better as a person.

I think the whole psychology of the issue affects your wellness. When your brain thinks you need to get better, when you think that people are thinking about you, I think that affects how quickly your body heals. I don't know medically, if that holds true, but I think the thought counts.

Maybe, if they actually know that you're praying for them and you give them a support system, that helps. But I think just praying and not telling them, I don't think that does anything, honestly. I think praying is more a spritual healing thing, more of a "touch healing" thing and support system. I think praying for random people in India, I don't think that's helping anybody.

God is always glorified. His definition of recovery may not always be the same as ours. But deep in my heart, I believe that and I've seen it. My sister had a stroke Tuesday and she has improved drastically. And we prayed for her, for that.

I am personally a Christian and I'm a psych major (from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville), so I've looked into the subject. Numerous studies I've found show that praying actually helps someone and I've seen it in my personal life. I believe that praying helps and I do it myself.

It makes a real big difference. I'll put it to you like this: If there was no God, God makes everything, think about it. He's the reason we're talking and walking right now.

Without God, who can heal? We need God to heal a lot of things.

Faith by prayer? I would say, yes. Whatever helps a person get over something like that. I've heard stories of it, so I suppose, it wouldn't hurt.

Definitely, I think God hears your prayers. When you pray, you always get an answer, it may not be the answer you want, but you always get an answer.