Her family had gathered around her and everyone was waiting for me when I arrived. I prayed for the kind of healing that would bring peace, I prayed for the end of suffering and I prayed for God's presence to be made known. And then, after I finished the prayer, the woman died. It was amazing. It was like she had been waiting to be prayed home.
Many people have stories like that.
Pray for one another, James writes. The prayer of faith will save the sick, ad the Lord will raise them up and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Suffering becomes public so that we can take care of one another - so that we can pray for one another. When we have prayed sincerely and fervently, and don't seem to get results, maybe we are looking in the wrong place. The first purpose of prayer is not to get what we want.