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Can prayer change God's perfect plan?

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Can prayer change God's perfect plan?
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RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan?
May 23, 2017 at 8:33 am
(May 9, 2017 at 4:44 am)MellisaClarke Wrote: New here and confused about this.


I saw a meme today, with the question in title. This is a toughie. 

I am a person of strong faith, and want others with strong faith to chime in on this. Help!!!

The meme seems intentionally worded to create a contradiction. 

The question really is: "Did God's knowledge of your future prayers change his perfect plan?"

If God knew without fail what every person would freely choose from the beginning of time, knowledge of your conversation/thanksgiving/pleadings/requests would have been factored into God's perfect plan. 

In addition, the Bible says that your prayers matter to God. A very quick Google search yields plenty of lists: (http://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-v...le-verses/).

So, it would seem that the answer to the modified question is yes.
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Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 9, 2017 at 8:02 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Silver - May 10, 2017 at 11:40 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 12:15 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 9, 2017 at 12:28 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Drich - May 10, 2017 at 9:00 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Drich - May 10, 2017 at 9:55 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Drich - May 10, 2017 at 3:19 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 3:42 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 10, 2017 at 9:29 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Drich - May 10, 2017 at 9:58 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 10, 2017 at 12:11 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Drich - May 9, 2017 at 1:57 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 9, 2017 at 3:06 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 9, 2017 at 3:53 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 9, 2017 at 6:14 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by chimp3 - May 10, 2017 at 6:24 am
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 9:54 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Silver - May 10, 2017 at 10:58 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2017 at 11:07 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 10, 2017 at 12:15 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 11:17 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2017 at 11:33 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2017 at 11:37 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Silver - May 10, 2017 at 11:59 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 12:13 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 1:51 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 3:13 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 3:30 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 4:37 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 12:27 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 12:34 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 5:20 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 10, 2017 at 2:08 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 2:28 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 10, 2017 at 2:58 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 3:24 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 3:56 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 10, 2017 at 5:31 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 10, 2017 at 8:05 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 11, 2017 at 12:05 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 11, 2017 at 1:47 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Silver - May 10, 2017 at 4:39 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 5:56 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 6:14 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 10, 2017 at 6:53 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 11, 2017 at 9:03 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 11, 2017 at 1:42 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 11, 2017 at 1:54 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 11, 2017 at 2:13 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 11, 2017 at 4:16 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 11, 2017 at 5:41 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 11, 2017 at 6:08 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by brewer - May 11, 2017 at 6:40 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 11, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 11, 2017 at 2:37 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 11, 2017 at 6:48 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 11, 2017 at 7:37 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Aroura - May 11, 2017 at 7:55 pm
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 11, 2017 at 8:01 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Amarok - May 11, 2017 at 8:06 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 12, 2017 at 7:01 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 17, 2017 at 9:02 am
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Brian37 - May 17, 2017 at 10:00 am
Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by Valyza1 - May 17, 2017 at 6:27 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by vorlon13 - May 17, 2017 at 10:54 pm
RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan? - by SteveII - May 23, 2017 at 8:33 am

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