The other day I was asked by someone if I would try to raise a cat from the dead. After being asked, the look on my face told the story of my faith. If I could translate my face into words, it would be, “What in the heck? Are you serious?” My faith does not include such acts. I have experienced a lot of death in my life. Too much death. Too many dead bodies of friends and family have I looked upon in the last few years. But I have never once tried to raise someone from the dead. Is this evidence of a weak faith? Should I? Should I be attempting such things? Should I express my faith with this kind of assurance?
In a moment of intense transparency, a young missionary friend of Tim Kimberley (executive director of the Credo House) told Tim a story just a few days ago. The story was about the death of an neighbor’s infant child. I am going to post this story and change the names. Please read it carefully. We pick up after they heard about the death.
My wife went over to the neighbor’s house to pay her respects. She came back weeping. Just seeing the baby lying there dead, seeing the mother sitting there alive yet devoid of any real life, any real hope, that is enough to make anyone weep, especially those of us who have the life of another and the hope of heaven. Next it was my turn. I went over to the house and saw the people gathered. It’s very reminiscent of what I’ve thought it would have looked like in Jesus’ day. Some people were surrounding the baby and others were attending to the physical needs of those gathered by cooking food. I shook hands with the men and then went in to see the dead baby and her mother. My heart broke. No, it shattered. Then, I prayed. In fact, I started praying once I heard the baby had died and kept praying up to that point.
My prayer asked God a simple question, “Should I?” Should I pray that this baby would be raised from the dead? After all, Jesus told us we would do greater things than He did. Miracles would be done according to our faith. So, my “should I?” was really a question about my faith. Do I have faith enough even to stick my neck out there and ask this woman if I could pray for her dead child to be raised to life??? We’re not talking about a pray-in-your-head thing here. I knew that wouldn’t do. So, should I? While standing there with tears in my eyes, I felt the Spirit say go ahead (or what I thought was the Spirit). So, after a moment’s hesitation, I spoke to the mother. I told her I believe there is a God that can raise the dead. I told her there is power in the name of Jesus. I asked her if she believed too and if I could pray for her baby. She said yes. So, with everyone looking on, I knelt before this beautiful, lifeless child and begged God to raise her from the dead in the name of Jesus. You know what happened? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I was left with only being able to say that no one understands the mind of God or His will…truly empty words in my mouth and heart (not to mention the mother’s).
So, here is where I am. I’m left with doubts, fears, and even anger. I prayed. I trusted. I put my neck out. What’s more, I put Jesus’ name out there and He didn’t show up. Yes, I’ve heard from others and even my own western theological mind to remember all the reasons we give why God doesn’t answer our prayers. “It wasn’t His timing,” or “It wasn’t His will,” or “He has something better in store,” but all I hear is the scream of my heart asking, “Why didn’t You hear me?! You said You would! Where are You? Are You even there?!” The baby is still dead. The mother is still lost in hopelessness and despair. And now I look like a fool and the name of Jesus is a joke.
Is the problem that I don’t believe God can do those sorts of things? No, I think I still believe that. Do I believe God isn’t real or, as Nietzsche said, that He’s dead? No, if I’m honest, I don’t think that. The real issue is I wonder why God didn’t do what He said he would. I think I’m mad at Him and not about Him.
This email is raw. I usually don’t write things like this. After all, there are unwritten rules in our faith. But my faith has been rocked to the core and I know, regardless of where I end up, I will never be the same. So, I ask you to pray. Pray for me? Sure. But I’m not even sure how to ask you to pray. Please pray more for this baby and mother. These people are dying…literally and spiritually. They need to know, just like my heart needs to know now. It’s just my biggest fear is that an answer will never come. Where is Jesus when you need Him?
Friends. simply put, this is as real as it gets. Don’t laugh, jest, or judge, just learn. What do you think? Should we pray with faith that God will raise someone from the dead? If so, what does this look like?
126 replies to "Should I Pray for God to Raise Someone from the Dead?"
I am glad that the young missionary was transparent, raw, and real about it. Sometimes, the unwritten rules of our faith NEED to be broken.
Also, it is my personal conviction that infant’s go to Heaven… I don’t know what the young missionary’s convictions are regarding this, but this could be a bit of comforting truth to the broken mother.
Frankly, I am seeing that the young missionary’s experience&situation is extremely saturated with God’s sweet grace… I am praying for the young missionary and the broken mother.. that God’s grace and love will bring much comfort&healing in a time of confusion and hurt.
I pray that the young missionary’s failure & burden will result in a great revival to the region/nation he is serving for the glory of God!
Sometimes, God is most glorified in our failures!
We don’t know the end of the story yet. I strongly believe that this is simply the beginning for that missionary. Thank you Jesus!
Hi all, I’ll tell u all my story, I was a born hindu but I dont know when I was 7yrs old I started to Follow Jesus, I use to to church with my Christian neighbors, and my dad use to get angry on me and he use to beat me up for going to church, he always blamed me when I grew up that because of me he suffered lots of problems just because I went to church, when I grew up I remained in faith in Jesus.Later my dad passed away he suffered stroke & Hemorrhage.
After dad’s death my brothers started to ill treat me, and when I met the love of my life his name was Aarav he was a born hindu also, but when he decided to marry me knowing am Christian, but his family refused to except me as I was a Christian and fatherless girl and my poverty was a big deal for them, but Aarav decided to convert to Christianity and we got married.
His family was so cruel, they ill treated us, cursed us they made our life so miserable, but me & Aarav we remained in faith in Jesus even though we suffered a lot in life. we prayed alot did fasting & prayer, life turns good for a while then it turns sour again, later my husband started having problems getting job, he was jobless, we were renting, sometimes we had to sleep hungry, later one day I decided to do a 1 month of dry fasting, no food no water and only readying bible over & over then I found out lots of truths which the Churches this days don’t share, my faith increased and believe me our life just changed, life was so blessed with happiness and joy, by God’s blessing my husband opened his own business. everything was going so fine,until one day i started to get sick with lower back pain,Insomnia,bleeding, nerve pain, later our landlord gave us notice to vacate the house we were renting in, so we moved to another place, life started to get miserable again, as this time i couldnt do fasting because of my lower back pain & bleeding, me & my husband started to fight every now & then, we moved again to another flat, continued on…
And when we moved to a another flat the main problems started,my husband is jobless,I do fasting 24hrs dry but still no response, we moved again,he got a job, later no job, we cant affored to pay our rent,i got so sick went to hospital,and bad news wit my result, i have Tumor in my uterus,and damaged liver, was shocked,my husband started getting sick. we pray but still lots of problems, but God did provide for us,so when ever we both got sick we depended on Jesus for healing until one day a suddenly a terrible thing happened,my husband prayed for a good job, and God blessed him with a job of $19,500. and lots of calls for job stated coming in, we were so happy that God is blessing us once again without even doing fasting, and one morning my husband did his morning prayer went to work happily,I spoke to him 30 mins b4,he was fine, an hr later i received a call my husband is in a critical condition in the hospital, God i was shocked, i went only to find him in coma with his brain bleeding bcos of high blood pressure,he was admitted for 2 days and he died, my God i was in shock m still in shock,we was only 41,we were married for 10yrs, m only 29yrs of age & m a widow now?we so wanted kids bt wasnt able to bcos of my tumor,& d only person who took care of me is gone, just like that?i was so in shock dat i couldnt even ask god to raise him that time,he died on 22nd September 2012,God knew I have no one to look after me, my family’s hate me, we dont have our own house,I cant work m sick, its just too much for me, I was thinking God should have helped my husband if he had high blood pressure,bcos we pray everyday 4 our sickness,etc. why God y did u do this to me was my question,if my husband was sick at least God should have let me know, he should be alive, and he was buried on 26th september 2012,imagine what am going thru,and now when i gained my senses,am praying for God & Jesus to raise my husband back to life,am begging him to raise him back to life,I just wish &…
I love my husband very much, I just want God to raise him back to life,am still in shock thinking if God really exist or not, if he exists then he shouldn’t have taken my husband, thier r lot of bad people around who do drugs etc, y didnt god take them, y my husband, we both left our religion to follow Christ, and when am praying so hard for him to be raised y is he not raised? it is written in the bible if we believe we receive anything we ask for in prayer, so m asking in faith.who knows the mind of the lord, who can give him advise? somepeople say it wz God’s plan to take hi, some say God has something better for me, wat else better could happend wen d person whom i loved so much is gone. but still i have full faith in Jesus christ & heavenly father that He will raise my husband back to life, God knows i need him. Maybe the faith God expected from me & my husband wasnt enouf, maybe we had lots of doubt in God thats y all this happend, but i know God loves us so much, please my brother’s & sister’s do pray for my husband Sailesh aarav nath mohan to be raised back to life, i need him, am sick, & now i have no one,no family, no friends am very lonely. wat is impossible for me is possible with God,So God should raise my husband back to life even though he is buried 2 weeks now am i right? God is creature of this entire universe,lord of lord, king of king. This is the thing we are asking God & Jesus Christ to do because its not possible to do it our-self, If God & Jesus raised my husband from burial would proof he is still existing true & living God,and the words from the bible would all come true.though we havnt seen God, but we have faith in him through reading the scriptures, and I have faith in God & Jesus that he will raise him bk to life, bcos our god is God of justice,& he wil do justice to me. I need God, Jesus my husband all 3 in my life. Please do pray with faith for my husband to be raised.just have faith to Jesus,I went thru alot m stil going thru…
I don’t know. I think we need to pray for him and those people. But remember, God will glorify Himself. He will not let His name be defamed forever. So don’t worry about why he didn’t show up. We should trust Him what he chose to do was good. But cry. Do cry. Cry on Jesus shoulders and just say “God you know.” That’s sometimes all we can do.
To Seema,
I know exactly how you feel; my husband died in July 2012, and I am every day and night pleading with God to raise him to life so he can be with me. I miss him so much, am in shock, alone, too, with hardly family; friends have their own families, etc.
My husband was my life, my every reason to live; and he is gone; and I cannot believe we are not together after being married 44 years. Just like that, he is gone, our lives are no longer “us” but just “me.” Without him is torture. How can God raises our husbands? God must say we are not the only women who lost someone whom we love and relied on. Children have died, so God must be saying to me, “Why you, why your husband.? I too thought that if I ask, He will help me and answer this unending prayer and request.
But how can my husband come back? Won’t the word get out, and it will look bad from the media, like a circus. God is too good to have people discuss this on TV, etc. My husband misses me; and I am sure he knows of my pain, loneliness and sorrow; but if he is with God, I am sure he will not ask God to return him to this life. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? i do not know how to live without him. Each day is torture.
Lee
Lee,
My husband died just 2 1/2 months ago and I know of your pain and torture. When I’m at work I can pretend things are normal but when I go home I’m alone. I have lots of friends but half of me is gone and I want it back! I bought a devotional “Hope for an Aching Heart: Uplifting Devotions for Widows” by Margaret Nyman. I would encourage you to get this book if you can. I read and re-read the different devotions every night. Sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn’t but then some days are good and some not so good. We’ve been called to a time of widowhood. Maybe we’ll find somene else but right now I can’t imagine that. I’m afraid no one else would be good enough and that I would always be comparing him to my deceased husband. I understand from friends that have gone through this that it could take years to get better. But I don’t think I’ll ever be truly happy again without my other half.
Liz
Its really touching reading the opening post. But could our fear of failure be our obstacle? If we pray nothing works, guess we shouldnt resign to pity and condemnation, but do it again in the obedience of Christ. My little contri
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I recently learned that I have Stage IV cancer. I am a very fit 65 year old that has logged over 10,000 miles walking, ate right, and in general am health conscious. The news was a shock. Cancer will kill my body over the next several months but cancer has saved my soul. I will not write my entire transformation. However, I had not totally surrendered to God….I had not, from my heart, confessed my sins. In general, I was a part time Christian and part of this world at the same time. When you get discouraged or in doubt of God or of his care, that is the devil in your brain. While it cannot be measured, life on the earth is less than a second compared to eternity. Don’t expect things to always be good on earth….for all of us die…everyone, movie stars,
athletes, millionaires….It is not easy being a Christian in a sinful world. Go into a dark closet or room and pray to the Lord in the proper place…not on a street corner or in some place where others will see you…that is a hypocrite who wants others to see him/her praying…your reward has already been given to you when you pray for attention or recognition from others…pray in secret and the Lord hears your prayers and you shall be heard. It is hard for all of us to be as Jesus asked us to be…..faith like little children. You tell a small child there is an elephant in the bedroom, they are anxious to go see. Child like faith is not easy but what we must strive to obtain. I will likely not be alive by September or October of this very year…maybe even sooner, but my cancer has brought me closer to God and I would prefer to die at 65 believing that I will go to Heaven than to die at 85 with doubt in my mind. Love to all.
Mel, what a blessing for a cancer diagnosis to have brought you to such repentance! If only we all had such a consciousness of the brevity of life in this world and the immeasurably greater importance of the life to come! May whatever time you have left be a great preparation for your reception into Paradise, and may we all learn from your example with whatever time we have left, for no one knows the hour of his own calling!
Jesus said go heal the sick and raise the dead, cast out demons. He didn’t say pray to God to do it. Just like Peter said silver and gold, I have none, but stand up and walk. We need to know that God has given us the power through Jesus to do mighty miricles. But just like David when he met with Goliath, he was confident in what he was doing because he killed lions and other animals. So we need to start small with our faith and work up the confidence in what Jesus will do through us.
I think we’ve all been in the position of the missionary relaying this story.. we’ve prayed about something, thinking we’re believing right but the prayer “wasn’t answered”. The thing is… so did the disciples, the clearest account of this is in Matthew 17 when the disciples failed to “get the job done”.. they couldn’t heal/cast out the demon from the young boy. Jesus gave one reason for *their* lack of results… unbelief. Jesus clearly demonstrated that it *was* God’s will to heal the boy, because he did it after the disciples failed to. So why is it (me included) we believers think every time we pray and it doesn’t happen we should stop praying or that it’s not God’s will. Jesus clearly sent out the 12 to go “heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils etc..” and then he sent out the 72.. and then he commanded them to make disciples and teach them (any disciples they made) to do the same thing etc. Jesus was clear that “whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father” (John 14:12)… he also made it very clear that signs *should* follow believers when he said “And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover” (Mark 16).
Jesus said when you see him you see the father, that he only did the father’s works etc.. so you don’t need a message in the sky to know the right thing to do. Do the works of Jesus, he said to.
I think we often try to “excuse ourselves” and blame God when things don’t work out.. almost as if our faith must be perfect so clearly the problem is on God’s end.. but that’s not what the Bible reveals about when the disciples prayers “weren’t answered”. Our experience should not trump the Word of…
If you look at the website ([email protected]), then you’ll know why I asked the Lord that she must be resurrected. I’m not a good follower of God, but one day I heard a very peaceful voice that told me that I must pray for her so she can be raised again from her death. I do that, until now the Lord have not give me any answer, yet. The reason of my prayer is not for her to pin point the killer or make scared of every one. Hell no. I just praying that she come back from the death so she can be the Witness that the Lord is one and Jesus is His Only Son. I write you here because I’m know she supposed not have to died if not being left by the bystander to bleed to her death. When I saw her, I felt pity. I know that I’m only an awful sinner and not worty at all to called the Lord my Father in Heaven but even with my lack of faith I pray to the Lord. If I cannot do that by my self now I asked every one of you to pray with me. Not for mine, her or our own good but for the glory of our Lord. If she can be resurrected from her grave then all the glory shall belongs to the Lord. She had seen all things in hell and heaven, I’m sure she can be a good witness of the Lord.
I want to raise people from the dead, also. Jesus spoke them alive not pray them alive. Read about Smith Wigglesworth. We pray to get rid of our own lack of faith, not to heal someone. I hope I helped.
I don’t understand, Michelle. If you’re saying we can speak someone back to life, but not pray them back to life, how can that be? I don’t know how you can speak it without praying it, since you’re calling on God to do something.
Or are you saying Jesus could (but we can’t)?
You can pray or command it to happen in Jesus’s name… it makes no difference as long as you have faith. Jesus never “prayed” for healings, dead raising etc.. the way we’re typically taught to pray in church. He knew his Father’s will, so he just did it. He spoke with Authority.. and he gave his disciples this same authority and in turn told them to teach new believers to do likewise.
I’m looking forward to seeing ‘Dead Raiser’, http://www.deadraiser.com/
“This film explores modern day resurrection stories and offers an exciting view into the authentic Kingdom culture of miracles.”
I don’t think the Lord is doing a “new thing” though, I think he’s simply waking the church up to what Jesus really did and believers empowered by the Holy Spirit are simply stepping out in power and love. We’ve believed the opinions and traditions of man for too long.. times are changing. Thank you Jesus !
I generally would never pray to raise the dead only because if someone has passed on to Heaven I would never want to pray to bring them back to Earth. It is some what selfish. However I could see myself praying to bring my spouse or one of my children which is selfish as well but nobody would question my actions if that makes any sense.
Regarding the email the author showed utmost faith in God and has nothing to be ashamed.
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I’ve been in a very similar situation and this is the first time I’ve ever heard or read about anyone else sharing their heart after feeling prompted to do pray for someone (in my case also a child) to be resurrected. From one who was commanded and did not do it, I applaud your friend’s courage. I am also all too familiar with the gut wrenching emotion and frustration of this type of situation. It has been exactly 10 years since then. I remember every detail. It shook me to my core as well and has taken me this long to recover from it – not sure I really have. I will never be the same. Thank you for sharing. It’s really nice to know I’m not the only one considering such things.
Someone above said there are 2 options, to either pray and hope or not to pray. I completely disagree. The 3rd and only option that could ever possibly work is to pray with absolute certainty that we serve a resurrected Savior. Why should any of us think it impossible that God raise the dead?!
Ask and keep on asking, knock and keep on knocking. Next time He asks, I hope I have the confidence to obey and not let up without seeing the results. I pray your friend will too. I would love to talk to soneone else who’s been in that position. Iron sharpens iron.
Shalim shalom to you both. He IS able, and as He is, so are we in this world.
My own sons were stillborn at the beginning of this year.
I have spent so many nights crying myself to sleep, praying, pleading to God to give my boys back. Pleading for answers. For some sort of sign.
I don’t know what to do any more. I haven’t gotten any sort of response at all. I’ve been going out of my mind, searching for signs. Every one had told me my boys (or God) would send me signs to help me through my grief. There has been nothing.
I don’t know if I have any faith at all any more. My husband & I were so unbelievably happy, and then it was all taken from us. I don’t know if God is listening. I have no doubt that he’s real, but does he actually care any more? I don’t feel his presence.
In the beginning, I felt selfish for asking God for my sons back. But why shouldn’t I? People have been raised from the dead before. The bible mentions it more than once.
I just don’t feel as though God cares about any of us any more.
Heart breaking to hear what you are going through.
God never took you childred. The thief comes to steal kill and destroy.
God never sent Jesus to give us a ticket to heaven. God brought heaven to earth through Jesus. He wants to restore the kigdom through us. How does it work. Jesus has all athority under heaven and on the earth. That means theres no authority out if Him. Jesus gave us the authority to stand as sons of God. and fight the good fight. It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. As we grow into him. He sent us to heal the sick,raise the dead. We command it in His name. Anything you ask in my name I will give unto you as long as you believe. Faith moves the mountian. Faith = believe God. All men/woman have the measure of faith. You got saved you have enough faith. A mustered seed moves the mountian. So you have enough. The problem we have is all the bad teaching we had over hunderds of years. the thief stole the word from many believers. Unfortunatly we look for answers in the middle of the battle. We raise the dead not by asking God but by commanding it to happen in Christs name. And faith moves the mountian.
People dont have the right to tell you God will give a sign from him or the boys.
God cares he sent His Son to die so we would live. We have been taught God is responsible for this. He is not satan kills not God. Some comfert is that the boys are most assuradly with God. I know they are not with you as you would natruraly want. We are supposed to represent Christ on the earth. We are the ones responsible for not bringing the kingdom into its origonal value and condition. God loves you so much Emily. I recomend you list to a guy called Dan Mohler, The most beautifull preaching I ever heard. Please look him up.
Emily, I feel so sorry for you. I lost a love one too and wanted them raised from the dead, but nothing happened. Does that mean God doesn’t care. The bible says, God will never leave us nor forsake us Deuteronomy 31:6. Just because we don’t feel him doesn’t mean He is not there. His sign to us is His Bible, which is His word. One thing I know for sure your boys are safe and happy. And you will see them again.
When jesus raised the girl in the house he was alone with her..he also commanded people to rise up and walk.to command the person to life via the holy spirit is part of the answer,not to pray that god gives her her life back.you must believe .EXPECT the person to rise.you must command using the name of jesus or yeshua that her soul returns and she rise.this is not a simple thing.if a person has died naturally in their sleep,it might be very well be their time.if a person died via an illness or accident then ,I believe it was not their time.god doesn’t take people via illness and accidents.illnesses ..I’ve heard from some that he might advance one’s death sooner so the person can avoid misery or pain.but god does not kill one for the sake of mercy.if you try to raise someone again,good luck.command them to raise up in life. command their life return to heir bodies,use jesus name and god’s and expect them to rise.i’ve always heard btw,doing this once the person has been embalmed is futile.not sure that’s true
I have been praying for days now for my uncle to wake up I also need your prayers PASTOR DEENIS
speak her to rise or back to life as another poster said..not pray..command her life return to her and sayin the name of jesus (or yeshua) rise!!say aloud,”you only sleep and now I tell you you to wake and rise!!!and mean it.
pastor dennis teel says: “god doesn’t take people via illness and accidents”
I’m no pastor, but I am dumbfounded by this as there are numerous biblical events of God taking people by illness and accident. Most people die by illness or accident. Are you saying God has no control or hand in that?
I have been praying for days now for my uncle to wake up I also need your prayers PASTOR DEENIS
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10 :10.
The problem was that you asked God, you did’nt command the little baby to raise up in the name of Jesus. you were having hope and no faith, faith is in the Now, hope is for the future.
I have prayed for 7 people to be raised from the dead. I have yet to see any raised yet. I know i was obeying the will of God according to Matthew 10.8. I have prayed for many sick/injured people, I have seen some of them get healed and I have seen some not. I know when I pray for people who are sick and injured, I am obeying the will of God.
It is a lonely place to believe and pray for the dead to be raised. Even many believers find it offensive and insensitive to even suggest that God could or would do that. After all couldn’t He has healed or prevented the death in the first place? Just let people grieve, why are trying to give these people false hope? These are the accusations you will feel when you go after this. This is no different to what Jesus faced in His ministry. For most death is the absolute end, from which there is no coming back. Praying for someone to be healed is widely accepted even by non-believers, bring up the dead being raised though, people will think you are crazy. Why? Because it is completely unnatural. Truthfully, the offense comes from the root of pride of man. We however, are not of this world and we have the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead in us. Many times, when praying for the dead to live again, we must not beg God but walk in the authority of Christ as He did and commanded us to. Also, from testimonies of people who have raised the dead, it does not always happen immediately. Often times, it is like a progressive miracle that takes some time to happen.
For those interested please look up the movie online called “deadraiser” it is a christian documentary on this subject.
Also please youtube David Hogan “faith to raise the dead’ it’s a 4 part series.
These are really good resources to start out with. God Bless you and keep going after this, you will see the breakthrough.
Ran accross this. My daughter died almost 6 months ago. I am LDS. I know stories of people raised from the dead currently or miraculously healed after a blessing. From my understanding you can only ask someone to be raised from the dead if God wills it. So you MUST know if you ask. My husband is one of them that survived terrible odds he was shot 3 timea and hit in the femoral artery. He doesn’t know anyone with that injury that lived. Simply was not his time yet. He had more to learn. The blessing given to my daughter in the hospital while in a coma was that if she still had work to do here and had more to learn she would be here, if not she would not. She is passed and her organs saved the lives of others who would be dead now. We don’t will God but ask for his will be done and then we have yo accept it, takes extreme humility to accept the death of your child. I don’t always but am happiest when I accept it. The other part is have been learning things that would not have been possible without this tragedy. Still would rather have her but my depth has increased. Also death won’t really matter in yhe end. All our pain just a small moment. But what was learned from it will befar greater. It is my understanding based on my beliefs that children who pass are usually Gods more progressed spirits and do not need as much time as the rest of us. But I also believe in a preexistance and continued progression after death which may be somewhat unique to my faith. At any rate it brings me great comfort that I would not have otherwise. Including enternal families.
I love you. You are like all of us at one time or another. First you have to get some words out of your vocabulary. Should I, should never be a part of what you say ever again. Go boldly knowing it is God’s will and don’t beg just make the statement. “In Jesus name rise.” Nothing will happen probably for a while. You may have to do this several times before you actually see someone you have laid hands on to rise from the dead, but do not feel bad, don’t question God, just keep doing this and thanking Him for giving you the right words. Don’t ever again ask “Where is God.?” God never moves. He is where he has always been. Sometimes there are too many doubters in the room ask that the room be cleared. The fact that you was asking God, should I, should I?, is a good sign that you weren’t ready. Don’t beat yourself up and don’t give up and someday you will see someone raised from the dead when you pray. When this happens give God all of the Glory because it really isn’t you doing it anyway. It is Jesus!!!
I believe the bible. matt 10:6 Jesus Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
I see a lot of people with what they think. Lets stick with scripture.
I suppose you could look at it this way:
That baby WILL be resurrected when Jesus comes.
If God just immediately gave us everything we asked for, we wouldnt become mature. He has given you at least one miracle in your life. By asking for miracles you are exercising your faith and that will be credited to your account.
I imagine it is faith-crushing to see that the dead is not raised after prayer.. but I also believe that failure is necessary. Perhaps this is the failure that will be monumental in shaping the young missionary’s character faith…
This is not scriptural. The only reason the dead are not raised is your lack of faith. Faith moves the mountian. If the mountian dont move its becasuse there was no faith. So the dead not raising is not faith crushing. Wither your prayers get the job done or not. Doesnt determain Gods word. Failure is not necessary. Failure cost lives and it is so important to keep going to lessen failure as we turn fully into Christ,. No Surrender, its a war.
Look up Heidi and Roland Baker. In the documentary by Wanderlust called The Finger of God, they show people getting healing in 3rd world countries, they have testimony from a guy who was beat to death by 3 men in Africa, after the cops found one of the men and asked the church if they wanted to press charges, the church forgave the man and the dead man was raised from the dead! he confronted his accuser and told him he forgave him too and that guy became a follower of Christ! Watch the whole documentary! Extremely eye opening. Heidi had children of Africa praying over the sick & deaf and miracles abound! It’s all about our childlike faith and trusting God for His will!
In love, Jennifer
Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
This is what the WORD of TRUTH says to do.
satan says dont be stupid.
satan says thoelogieons say not for today.
satan say they will laugh at you.
satans a liar from the begining.
Who do you listen to?
Yes saw the video and also furious love is another of the same. That is what you call church
Do you suppose that the reason that dead people tend to stay dead, in spite of the most fervent prayers, is because there is no deity out there listening to those prayers (or existing at all, for that matter)? Just saying.
We know for certain that God in concept is the creator and operator of the universe and everything with a beginning.
Now, about asking God anything at all and getting it, that does not follow from our knowledge that God is in concept the creator and operator of the universe and everything with a beginning, it is however the standard teaching of religions which advocate the existence of God in concept as the creator and operator of the universe and everything with a beginning.
But if you ask me, there is nothing wrong or against God if you try and do it with as much faith as you can manage, even asking Jesus to give you the faith that can move mountains.*
*About faith that moves mountains, there is a story or an utterance supposedly made by Mohammad: “If the mountain will not come to Mohammad, Mohammad will go to the mountain.”
I think what Mohammad means is the old advice among Christians: Pray as to believe that everything depends on prayer, and work as to believe that everything depends on yourself.
Hahahahahaha!
As for me and my house, I will take God in concept as the creator and operator of the universe and everything with a beginning, no matter what religions with God’s doctrine say other things about God, but not giving importance the utmost of to the concept that God is in concept the creator and operator of the universe and everything with a beginning.
Jesus is ALIVE and the same “Spirit” that raised Jesus from the dead is alive and active in us as believers….
Simply put, EVERY BELIEVER has ressurection power waiting to be used. Why?! Because Jesus lives and he said he is the ressurrction and the life!!. Moreover, in John 14:12 HE said we will do GREATER works than he did because he’s not insecure!!!! I mean Think about it Jesus walked on water, healed EVERYONE he encountered, he could go invisible, walk through walls, teleport e.t.c and that was 2000 years ago!! That poses a a question and that is what are we supposed to look like today didn’t our Lord say we would do greater?!? I don’t know who you are but YOU and everyone here CAN raise the dead!!!!!!etc… Didn’t Jesus say ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO “BELIEVE”? I DON’T CARE WHEN or HOW a person dies if you want to raise them to life n you have permission to pray go AHEAD & do it. Can I promise it will work one time?. Answers’ NO! but never lose hope keep pressing in and IT WILL be done. Besides. We pray for healing and don’t always get results but does it stop us from believing? No. Why shouldn’t it be the same for raising the dead?
I’ve also lost too many loved ones to death and so I HATE DEATH WITH EVERYTHING IN ME…. I DON’T know about youv but, I WILL RAISE THE DEAD cause I was born to do it you watch!
I prophesy that THE BODY OF CHRIST WILL OPERATE IN A MANTLE OF RESSURECTION GLORY!!!!!!!!!!
My mother died on April 7, 2015. Today is the 83 days. I want my mother, Can you raise her for me. I want her only.
I stopped to give first aid to someone that I witnessed go over a car landing on his head. He had been standing in front of me before he stepped out into traffic and I felt responsible because I was directly behind him close enough to stop him except for a moment of inattention had me looking over my left shoulder when he stepped off into the road.
He was laying immobile in the road people wanting to drag him out of the road for the convenience of the traffic so I took control and told them leave him alone because I knew he was badly injured I had seen him land on his head and neck. I very quickly established that he had no respiration or pulse at the carotid artery in the neck. I also assessed that it was rush hour, we were two miles from a hospital, and that CPR would not only not help him but if it did may make him into a paraplegic given the way I saw him land.
His friend said his name John and I knew something more direct was needed. I was fearful of traffic screaming past my ankles but nevertheless I put one hand on his forehead one on his chest bent down to his ear because having been in coma myself back in 1978 when I met Jesus, I knew John would hear me and I told him to trust nobody but go to the light or come to my voice. Then I was gripped by the certainty that he should live and I was overcome and found the words coming of me as if said by someone else pleading “Lord Jesus Christ take me Jesus but let this man live!” Then I felt a powerful jolt of power flow through my arms into the mans head and chest and he burst into life his body lifting from the ground. I was terrified realizing that Jesus had answered and that I had given my life in exchange for John, I had no way of knowing what would happen next. However John was ecstatic to have returned because he had a second chance, wherever he had been had been a very unpleasant nightmare experience and he had been glad to leave that place. I spent the rest of the day shaking with the enormity of what I had born witness. I became a changed man that day and have ever since realized the power that Jesus has vested in us when he said John 14:12 King James Bible: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Eventually John was taken to hospital immobilized on a backboard with a neck-brace the ambulance crew couldn’t believe he had been dead despite John telling them his experience of the terrible place he had seen.
Have you had much happen since Keith? I would like to have a chat with you if you wouldn’t mind. Chris.
Thanks for all the comments concerning this topic. Because I have a friend who died yesterday from cancer, and having prayed twice now for a baby(about 8 weeks old) and an adult of 34 yrs to be raised, this did not happen. I am wondering if I should pray for this 27 year old to be raised.
The comments have caused me to remember that without prayer God can do nothing in the earth for He has given us humans dominion, and so He is bound by His words, if we don’t pray He cannot act on our behalf.
2nd we receive not because we ask not and therefore I will ask and continue to ask for my friend to be raised and pray according to what was suggested by the person who said if God wants them alive, He wants this more than you do. I take on board that there are lessons God needs to teach us, that we must continue to act and trust in Him and operate in His Word, irrespective of whether we see results or not. That way He gets the glory and we remain His vessels and we get to know His Ways and thus Him, for His ways are certainly greater than our ways, our pride should never come into play in anything we do for God. We cannot feel hurt, afraid, or disappointed, or indeed take the glory.
3rd because of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, He being the One who empowers, together with Christ Jesus we can do all things including raising of the dead, and this is for the Body of Christ now as it was for the apostles. Yes indeed He did say greater things we would do, and bringing people into the body of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit is the greatest, this does not exclude raising of the dead.
I trust as we align our spirits with the Holy Spirit in us, we will be led by Him doing what He is doing and saying what He is saying.
I remain encouraged because I am born again, regenerated of the incorruptible seed of the God who is Light and Love and I have been given all power and authority by Jesus Christ. This is my identity, this is who I am, an ambassador of Jesus Christ who went about doing good, healing and raising the dead. As for me and my household He will find faith.
“without prayer God can do nothing in the earth for He has given us humans dominion, and so He is bound by His words, if we don’t pray He cannot act on our behalf.”
I way disagree with this. God has not limited himself in that way and can and will act when he wants, sometimes in response to prayer and sometimes just because it is his will alone.
Really difficult to work out whos a Christian in here and who not.
I clearly see there are some belivers and that there are some beliving believers.
My advice is pray for the dead to be raised(especially in this situation) just as pray that the sick would be healed. I have seen many healed from sickness, injury and infirmity because someone prayed for them. I do not think that they would have been healed miraculously if someone did not pray. I have a friend whose sister died just a few days ago at the age of 21. I am absolutely praying for resurrection life to be released into her and that Jesus’s victory over death would be manifested into her. I have prayed for 5 people to be raised and have not had success but I know that it was God’s will for at least two of those people not to have died. If you can get this book http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Power-Raise-Dead-resurrection/dp/1496996135/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 and also youtube David Hogan Raising the Dead. We will be seeing this happen much more frequently as the Lord is releasing the Grace for this hour.
I agree
It could be that the soul within the baby didn’t want to be resurrected. I know of cases where babies have totally resisted being forced to be born on this planet as it is full ofwickedness in many cases across the world
My husband was very sick once. On the way to the hospital, I had a thought what if he dies. I instantly herd The Holy Spirit say to me: not a problem. Simply be ALONE with his body, and call his spirit back. So I know I can do that with others as well.
My mother died on the 16th of September,she was never sick,
I prayed with faith That God will raise her up…I believed so much he could,for my family and I are so shattered,…
I prayed so much,believing with faith that my mummy is not dead,…I cried and reminded God of my mother’s love for him,
It just seemed he didn’t want to answer…
Jesus didn’t answer me
I haven’t lost my faith…my mum even as she has been buried,I believe she can still come back…I am still hoping on God,my crying is endless,I pray with faith,that God who created this world,will vring her back to us😢…my life is broken…This is 2 weeks she has been buried,but I still have the faith that,She can be woken up from this deep sleep,I need God to answer me…I am in agony😢