I awoke in the recovery room and the first thing I requested was my iPhone.
"The only thing I requested was Bollywood dancing," Mr. Smith said.
The only thing I really requested is that we purchase a home," Jodie says.
"The only thing I really request is my little seat, which is in the first row.
The thing most frequently requested is an expansion of ROCs (one kind of renewable-energy subsidy) to include nukes.
Philosophers usually assume that a prayer is effective if and only if God brings about the thing requested because of the prayer, so that had the prayer not been offered, the thing in question would not have occurred.
If God knows the future in all of its detail, then it seems that there is no room for petitionary prayers to be effective: either the thing requested in prayer is something that God already knows will be done, or it isn't, and either way, it looks like the prayer can make no difference.
Others argue that as long as people are justified in believing, in general terms, that God sometimes answers prayers, then it is possible to believe reasonably that one's petitionary prayer has been answered when one knows that the thing requested has come to pass (see Murray and Meyers 1994, Murray 2004).
"This is one of the things most requested by people who view our Web site," Ms. Fink said.
One of the things Jim Scott Sr. requested from his family before he passed away at age 85 in May was that his memorial service be held at Estancia.
Facilities commonly received supplies and repaired items when supervisors visited, which meant that staff attributed responsibility to supervisors to provide this service: They come for supervision; they should also bring all the things we requested.
