lepasharon:
And how will the prayers provide food, clothing and shelter?

Seun:
Prayer is great! If you want to feel as if you've helped someone without actually spending your time or money on the person, you can just pray!

Seun:
Prayer is great! If you want to feel as if you've helped someone without actually spending your time or money on the person, you can just pray!

lastmessenger:
This is what Christianity is all about.

winner01:
A photo of a teenage boy who prayed for a sleeping homeless man on the street has gone viral.

A Baltimore police officer, Eric Gaines, shared the photo on Facebook when he noticed the boy praying on the pavement. In a caption, Gained wrote: "I watched as this young kid was walking pass, stopped and walked over to this sleeping homeless man; touched him and began praying over him... This was an amazing sight! I pray this kid becomes a leader amongst his peers, and continues on this path!! Not all Baltimore youth are lost!! I HAD to post this!!"

"He walked over to him and just knelt down and put his hands down on his foot," Gaines told the Baltimore Sun, describing the event.

"I thought it was an amazing sight. I had to take a picture of it. It was extremely powerful."

The boy had been waiting for the bus, and if it hadn't been for his friends holding it up, he would have missed it because he stopped to pray. Despite the post going viral, his identity remains unknown. 

"He didn't do it for any accolades or any praise... I didn't get a chance to say anything. I wanted to say something to him," Gaines said. "But it was just as if he did what he had to do and left."

KingEbukasBlog:


Let me explain a way God may respond to his prayers . Now , the young man who prayed for him may not have the finance to provide even respite for the homeless man . But wait ... the photo has gone viral right ? Someone who is in the position to help would be touched by God and help would come his way . The person might even be an atheist , muslim ... anyone .

I am expecting the problems of the homeless man to be alleviated anytime soon

MizMyColi:


I used to have the impression you're atheist, Seun.
This sure changes the perception.

It has been scientifically proven that thinking good or bad thoughts towards an issue or an individual has it's consequences.

Prayer is a communication of our heartfelt thoughts.

KingEbukasBlog:
Instead of deriding the young man's belief...

MrsPhyno:
People be knocking prayer..... Do you know how many bad and wrong things that you do every day? At the very least, it doesn't hurt so let those who wish to indulge in it do so without all this "i-too-know", sarcastic, sanctimonious castigation.

Seun:
I am not deriding his belief, but I'm saying that the act of praying does absolutely nothing for the man, so he shouldn't be praised for it.

joseph1832:
You obviously did not understand what seun was saying. LMAO.

Oh really?!

KingEbukasBlog:


Let me explain a way God may respond to his prayers . Now , the young man who prayed for him may not have the finance to provide even respite for the homeless man . But wait ... the photo has gone viral right ? Someone who is in the position to help would be touched by God and help would come his way . The person might even be an atheist , muslim ... anyone .

I am expecting the problems of the homeless man to be alleviated anytime soon

MizMyColi:


Oh really?!

MrsPhyno:
At the very least, it doesn't hurt so let those who wish to indulge in it do so without all this "i-too-know", sarcastic, sanctimonious castigation.

joseph1832:
Exactly Master Yoda! Prayer is just words... And remember, "action speaks louder than words".

*sighs*



How do I even begin to convince you guys now that the very action of that boy, which for all we know, might be his widow's mite has sparked a number of reactions both in the physical and spiritual that will get that man off the streets for good, and rehabilitated too?

Y'see.
I'm a recipient of the power of prayer and MEDITATION.
I have lots of issues with th Christian God.
But I believe that we have a source, from which/whom we all proceed.

That boy's act was that of compassion.
Supposing I were in his shoes, Permit me to speak like an insensitive person for a bit.

"Do you know what it takes for a clean bae lik me to touch a street man who hasn't bathed for days and for all we know, has Ebola and the likes?"
Lol

It takes compassion and the divine to do so without flinching.

Within these few days, I've seen and perceived enough to know that the physical is not all that there is.

joseph1832:
Yep, but who knows, you have a peculiar way of understanding things that set you in a class of your own.

Seun:
I'm sure that many people have prayed quietly for this homeless man as they walked past him. This boy just did it in a more photogenic way.

Actually, it hurts because it gives people the satisfaction of feeling that they have done something to help, whereas they haven't.

MizMyColi:


*sighs*



How do I even begin to convince you guys now that the very action of that boy, which for all we know, might be his widow's mite has sparked a number of reactions both in the physical and spiritual that will get that man off the streets for good, and rehabilitated too?

Y'see.
I'm a recipient of the power of prayer and MEDITATION.
I have lots of issues with th Christian God.
But I believe that we have a source, from which/whom we all proceed.

That boy's act was that of compassion.
Supposing I were in his shoes, Permit me to speak like an insensitive person for a bit.

"Do you know what it takes for a clean bae lik me to touch a street man who hasn't bathed for days and for all we know, has Ebola and the likes?"
Lol

It takes compassion and the divine to do so without flinching.

Within these few days, I've seen and perceived enough to know that the physical is not all that there is.

Seun:
I am not deriding his belief, but suggesting that his prayer does absolutely nothing for the man, so he shouldn't be praised for it.

iamayodeji:
Nigerians will always continue to be hyper-sentimental, even the cop that took the picture was only touched by the boy's passion and selfless attitude, not the act itself.

joseph1832:
Who do think deserve to be lauded: the man who said he's going to tar a road or the man who tar the road?

What has prayer ever done or accomplished? If prayer truly works, considering the amount of prayer being prayed for this country to get better, it would have been better....