You said "the prayer that we needed" and there in lies the giest of it all.. you got the "prayers YOU needed". God answers many prayers in for many different people in a multitude of ways.
The god you believe in seems so limited. I'm very sorry for you. I will pray for you. I won't carry on with you regarding this issue any longer. In fact, I will ignore you as so many will. You served no "good" purpose other than to drive any one interested in learning about the LOVE of Jesus,..and the Salvation of the Lord AWAY!! Had I just gone searching and read a thread like this one, filled with your hyperbole, I would have RUN not walked away. Thank the good Lord, many can see you for the mixed up, brainwashed and misinformed sad pathetic person that you are. I don't think I've read sadder comments from someone who professed to have a personal relationship with our Father. I think you are capable of change.. but I fear you are so brainwashed you will never truly see the light. That saddens me. I will pray that the Blood of Jesus Christ who died for us,.. will wash over you and cleanse you. Will make your heart pure..and teach you compassion. Please, Please re-read and re-read the Bible.. over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I pray the words will soak into your heart. That you will LOVE others as much as you LOVE YOURSELF.
And if you believe that you can pray the dead into heaven..no matter what the age...you need to read your bible and ask God to show you the truth of His word..
If you love the elderly,do not ignore their spiritual state..If my mother is in heaven it will be because someone in a nursing home took time to explain that God loved the world enough to come down here Himself to take her punishment..
If she is in heaven it is because someone was willing to risk asking a dying woman to see herself as God saw her..and to come to repentance.....and to seek her savior.
That someone would risk rejection,and possible job loss...but my mother may be with God because of it..
That would be true love!