Believing in a transcendent reality beyond one's self has positive effects on physical health. False faith For a Christian this is mischief. It threatens to turn faith into a magic that's used to fulfill our needs. When we make prayer a way to miracles, we create an inauthentic religion, a faith of superstition. Prayer turns in on one's self, away from God's purposes in the world and in one's life.
Prayer becomes a way to request special privilege.
We deserve better, we argue from our faith, our past, our good intentions. Such prayer is situational. We pray when we are in need and less when we feel well. So prayer is for bad circumstances, not part of daily experience. God becomes the object of our manipulation on behalf of our needs, a medical magician to whom we appeal when in serious need.