(September 29, 2009 at 6:13 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: But it's entirely up to his Will whether he obeys them or not. So...he will only even have a chance of obeying your prayers if you put your hands together, or demonstrate it in your way? I don't get that because: Why do you even need to bother praying, if he can read your mind? He knows your wishes. And he knows if you're sincere or not in your wanting them, and if they're justified or not.
God says yes to prayers when they are prayed in accordance with what God would want. If you pray for a million pounds God obviously isn't going to do it. Its also down to how much faith you have.
We pray because its a relationship with God. God wants us to talk to Him, so I think there are certain good things that God can do in any situation and He will do one of those if no pray is involved. If we pray it then changes the good things God will do from one to the one we pray for, since He reacts in relationship to us. So in a way praying is in one way alot for us, to know God better as a person and to grow in trust in Him. I hope that makes sense, I just came up with in on the spot lol.
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Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
