Be in constant prayer and conversations with the Holy Spirit to have him lead your day and every decision.ĭo not be overwhelmed- this is a practice, a lifelong journey.taking each thought captive and replacing it with truth.It takes 63 days of thinking about that thought every day to permanently wire that belief or thought in and to get it to become what naturally drives us without having to think.Īs is the conclusion to everything, if we do what the Bible says, our brain and life will be shaped to have success, peace, happiness, and passion. It takes 21 days of focused thinking about one thought to form that neural pathway. The key to partaking of the life and healing energy in the Word is feeding on it until it penetrates your spirit where it deposits that life and energy. The study also found that prayer is much like a physical workout for the brain. Andrew Newberg, led the study in which MRI brain scans proved that there is power in prayer or meditation. Even though science is proving this, as Christians we have known this for years based upon what we read in the Bible and personal experience.ĭr. There is growing interest in the power of prayer to change our brain and even matter itself. Our thoughts and words are affecting reality whether we are intentionally trying to or not.Įven though toxic thought causes brain damage, prayer can reverse that damage and cause the brain and body to thrive. It’s more than simply offering up a few words and hoping for their fulfillment. Your ability to hold attention on one thing for a period of time physically effects matter! That’s how prayer works. Researchers found that intentional thought for 30 seconds affected laser light.” As well as changing the brain, another study implies that intentional prayer can even change physical matter. It also increases frontal lobe activity as focus and intentionality increase. This type of prayer increases activity in brain areas associated with social interaction compassion and sensitivity to others. Caroline Leaf, “It has been found that 12 minutes of daily focused prayer over an 8 week period can change the brain to such an extent that it can be measured on a brain scan. We know that there is power in the word of God- and we can wire that power of the truths it gives us into our DNA! Focused Attention: How Prayer Changes Your BrainĪccording to Dr. Neuroplasticity is the fact that we can sculpt our brain just as we sculpt our muscles if we went to the gym. Andrew Newberg, director of research at Thomas Jefferson Hospital and Medical College in Pennsylvania and author of “How God Changes Your Brain” Says “The more you focus on something - whether that’s math or auto racing or football or God - the more that becomes your reality, the more it becomes written into the neural connections of your brain,” Neuroplasticityįrom my previous posts on how our thoughts change our brain, and how visualization changes our brain, we know that our brain is constantly rewiring, for better or for worse depending on the information we are giving it!ĭr. This very new field of research is called “neurotheology.” Scientists have found that the brains of people who spend untold hours in prayer and meditation are different. Scientists are making attempts to understand spiritual experience - and what happens in the brains and bodies of people who believe as they connect with the creator. Although we do not need science to prove the word of God, it is fascinating to see when and how it does! Some of you may have experienced how prayer changes your brain and body yourself, or have seen it in others.
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