Misunderstood rules

I feel I need to mention this, since this particular prayer has come up with a similar problem twice in the last two months. 

Divine Sphere of Protection
6 FP; Traits: Caster
This prayer creates an impenetrable sphere in a ten-foot radius around the caster, through which only sound and air can pass. Any effect that is delivered by sound or air (i.e., a bard song or poison gas) will bypass the sphere. The sphere appears instantly in place and molds around all inanimate objects that have a greater length or width than the sphere’s radius, leaving them outside the sphere. It will remain in existence for as long as the caster stands motionless, head down, chanting the prayer words of her deity. Any interruption in the chanting, unless during an official hold in game-play, will cause the sphere to dispel.

As all rules, it does only what it says it does.

It does NOT allow you to push enemies outside of the sphere you have created. 
It does NOT allow people to walk in and out of the sphere as they wish.
It CANNOT be dispelled using Dispel Prayer Effect.

Why can't it be dispelled?

Dispel Prayer Effect

2 FP; Traits: Attack, Ranged
This prayer dispels the effect of an active prayer upon the subject. This prayer cannot reverse damage or other effects that occur instantaneously, only prayers that remain active upon the subject for a specific duration. The caster must state the effect she is targeting with the dispel, and if the recipient or opponent is not under that effect, then the dispel is expended with no result.

That bolded line of text means that prayers that exist based off concentration such as holding an arm up or reciting verbals cannot be taken down by Dispel Prayer Effect as they do not have a specific duration.

That doesn't make any sense. This spell has a specific duration, which is until concentration is broken. Specific means, explict,defined, and definite. Divine Sphere of Protection has a duration that is explict in that it is fully and clearly expressed, is defined as until as long as the caster stands motionless, head down, chanting the prayer words of her deity and finally is definite in that it has clear limitations. Therefore it meets the criteria to be affected by Dispell prayer Effect.

If it is the intent of this spell not to be able to be dispelled I accept that but I suggest the text in the prayer be modified to specifically state it is Immune to Dispell Prayer Effect.

The prayer couldn't enter the sphere anyway because it's not air or gas.

The target of Dispell Prayer Effect would be the Prayer not the person so it does not need to go through the sphere to hit the caster. Which is why taking Spell Immunity Dispell Prayer Effect or Lesser Dispell Magic does not prevent someone from dispelling prayers on you.

It's listed as an attack. A ranged attack must hit the target in order for it to affect it. You are trying to attack the target. Since you can not hit the target due to the prayer, you can not affect the target.

Arguing over 'why' is moot.
The ruling has been made.

So this is an offical ruling that Divine Sphere of Protection can not be dispelled with Dispell Prayer Effect?

In which case does that mean Divine Sanctuary can not be dispelled with Dispell Prayer Effect?

Can Magic Sanctuary be dispelled with Lesser Dispell Magic?

For now, yes, we're in the process of reviewing and codifying all of the Dispel type casting effects, so when we've updated them this will likely be resolved as well.

Sam misquoted the line that denies the use of this spell, it's the first sentence that excludes the Divine Sphere:

This prayer dispels the effect of an active prayer upon the subject.

Again, all of the Dispel type effects have slightly different wording, which is not the intention, and they will be stream-lined soon.

Sounds good Jon,

Thanks

It appears from the initial ruling that if a Divine Sphere of Protection is cast on a group, one of whom is an enemy, said enemy stays inside the sphere and cannot leave.  Thus, is said enemy was dropped and the sphere kept for a sufficient length of time for him to bleed out, there is nothing that anyone outside can do?

Would distant heal work in that instance?