The Healing Power of Faith: How Belief and Prayer Can Help You Triumph Over Disease

by Harold G. Koenig, Malcolm McConnell

An infirm, lifetime alcoholic suddenly becomes sober and strong. A patient undergoing open-heart surgery amazes the doctors with a speedy convalescence. A cancer patient given only a few months to live defies the predictions. What accounts for such remarkable recoveries? Is it miracle or medicine?
In this extraordinary book, Dr. Harold G. Koenig presents groundbreaking scientific evidence that provides answers to these puzzling medical mysteries. You will read about the pioneering study that found nonreligious patients with heart disease to be three times more likely to die following surgery than their religious counterparts. You'll learn why saying prayers regularly can be as effective as taking medicine, and why prayer and medicine together are such a potent combination.
Here you will meet the unforgettable patients who taught the doctors so much as they triumph over life-threatening disease, heartbreaking marital problems, dangerous addiction, and more. With simple, practical methods for harnessing the power of faith, this potentially lifesaving book provides an astonishing and immensely effective strategy for healing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 1999

About the author

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Harold George Koenig

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far it's very interesting. Confirmed info on the difference between people that trust in a living God and people who don't.

[Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Koenig tells us that our own personal intrinsic faith will do wonders for our health, and his writings are backed with the many studies he and his colleagues did for years. By attending services every week, reading the Bible and praying daily we can reduce stress and lower blood pressure, possibly warding off many diseases, making for less days of hospitalization, and even reducing the fear of death. I especially liked his stories of people who had recovered from addictions or who had come to peace with their diagnosis through support of their church family and their own prayers and scripture reading.