Adjective : an intercessory prayer. From Dictionary.com.
This study involves prayer at a distance, what we sometimes refer to as intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2003] Reference
Prayer on someone else's behalf is called intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
I think that intercessory prayer is a crazy thing to study, but that's because the idea of intercessory prayer to me is crazy. From Wordnik.com. [GetReligion] Reference
In fact the foundation has supported studies of the effectiveness of so-called intercessory prayer, which have been inconclusive. From Wordnik.com. [Horgan on the End of Science and Religion] Reference
And when, in His intercessory prayer in the garden of. From Wordnik.com. [The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination] Reference
Third, consider the supposed power of intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Victor Stenger: Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence] Reference
A series of intercessory prayers for the peace of Jerusalem?. From Wordnik.com. [Christians United for Israel? How About Christians United for Christ?] Reference
And as go wishes, so go petitionary and intercessory prayers. From Wordnik.com. [Just Like A Prayer | Her Bad Mother] Reference
And after this hymn, we will have a few intercessory prayers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008] Reference
Farewell words of admonition and comfort; the intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus of Nazareth] Reference
That is going to make for one odd intercessory prayer request Pat. From Wordnik.com. [Lunacy on the Right, Spineless on the Left, Here I Am, Stuck in the Middle with You] Reference
And with this agree the words of our Lord in His intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Theology of Holiness] Reference
This is backed up by, e.g. studies of the efficacy of intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Do Atheists Exist?] Reference
I narrowed it down and realized it was intercessory that was tripping me up. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
So far, we have no conclusive evidence that intercessory prayer is effective. From Wordnik.com. [So what's so wrong with a "WYSIWYG" world?] Reference
The comparison between Groups 1 and 2 tests for the efficacy of intercessory prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
John Godsonis the intercessory director of Cape Town 2010, the third Lausanne congress. From Wordnik.com. [The prayer of faith] Reference
John Godson is the intercessory director of Cape Town 2010, the third Lausanne congress. From Wordnik.com. [Perseverance in prayer] Reference
A number of studies have shown that intercessory prayer works and can lead to positive results. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
On the second point: intercessory prayer depends on mercy, whereas merit depends on condign justice. From Wordnik.com. [Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas] Reference
For every study asserting some benefit to intercessory prayer, there seems to be another rebutting it. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
I have a group of friends who are very faithful in their intercessory prayer for the president and me. From Wordnik.com. [Soulful Matters] Reference
The study concluded that intercessory prayer "had no effect on complication-free recovery" from surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
But for every study asserting the benefit of intercessory prayer, there seems to be another rebutting it. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
Any of you who have intercessory powers with the spirits of computing, would you use them to plead for me?. From Wordnik.com. [September 2007] Reference
His great intercessory prayer, recorded in John xvii., just before His arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
Nontraditional treatments included intercessory prayer, stress relaxation, guided imagery, and healing touch. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
In 2007, he examined seventeen studies on intercessory prayer and says the answer seems to be a qualified yes. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
Over the years, a number of studies have shown that intercessory prayer works and can lead to positive results. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
You could prove to the satisfaction of every scientist that intercessory prayer works if you set up a simple experiment. From Wordnik.com. [The God Debate] Reference
The White Cross league admits women associates for intercessory prayer -- and what mother will not be thankful for that?. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis] Reference
I pray, too – and I realize that this could be understood as a form of intercessory prayer – that they find the same. From Wordnik.com. [Just Like A Prayer | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Science can already study “phenomena currently labeled supernatural” ghosts, demonic possession, intercessory prayer, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Ohio BOE "Achievement" Committee Skates (again!) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Over the years, a number of hotly contested studies have shown that intercessory prayer works and can lead to positive results. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
An intercessory prayer including various petitions that are said or sung by the leader, with fixed responses by the congregation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
So, science could safely conclude that intercessory prayers by Catholics simply work, for unknown reasons and by unknown mechanisms. From Wordnik.com. [The God Meter - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Professor Stenger cites several studies of distant intercessory prayer, wherein people prayed for strangers to recover from a disease. From Wordnik.com. [The God Meter - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
To the contrary, the study found, "the certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.". From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sherwood: Heaven Help Us: Should You Pray for Christopher Hitchens Today?] Reference
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