Q: Hey, I thought this was Pray4Trig. What gives?

A: Something happened on January 19.

In addition to the regular load of hate mail we got from those who hate the Lord, we received an anonymous emailed threat, promising a DDoS attack at a specific time. The emailer said he (or is it she?) was offended that we were “disparaging Trig Palin”.

Nothing could be further from the truth! But it’s not the first time we’ve heard this.

At the appointed time, our server crashed. God had told us to take this one seriously, so we’d backed up our database immediately before.

However, this made it clear to us that this site was not helping to demonstrate the majesty of God. It was sowing discontent and hatred among those who didn’t understand. So, we decided to let you, the users of the site, decide what the Worldwide Day of Prayer should focus upon.

#2 was healing of Stephen Hawking’s ALS, and #3 was Larry Flint regaining the ability to walk.

While I found some of the poll responses more compelling, like “a miraculous display”, or “Stephen Hawking healed of his ALS”, I imagine that God responding to prayer by showing evidence of His existence to an outspoken and well-known atheist would be a convincing display. I don’t think the ladies hosting the “pray4healing.com” site will be very successful; people seem to think their site is a gag. Probably because it started as “pray4trig”, which sure smacks of one.

So, I’ve set up this page and also a section in the discussion forum.  I’d like to see this little experiment happen, and will do what I can to help. I’ve even registered the domain name “Pray4PZ.com” and directed it to this site. (Really, try it out!)  I don’t have the “pray4healing” ladies’ buy-in yet. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission, they say!

Romans 8:26-27

In the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.  And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will.