(August 14, 2013 at 11:57 am)Drich Wrote:(August 14, 2013 at 10:49 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: Ok, so this petitioning god for wants and desires, does it ever work or is it a waste of time?
It works when what your asking for is in His will to give it to you.
However if you pray the Lord's prayer and learn to want what God wants, the the petitioning prayers become less frequent. I am to the point where I have found a contentment (more so than I did before, I still want stuff.) that allows me to be happy with what I have.
Don't get me wrong I still ask for health and I still do want things, but my life no long revolves around obtaining what I want.
But you changed his will though. if before you prayed, god was going to do A. then you pray and he does B. Let's say for the sake of argument his end goal is C. Giving you B doesn't affect his achieving C, so he grants you B like you asked.
It still stands that he would've done A had you not prayed. So you did in fact change god's will and that was the purpose of your prayer. Calling it petitioning doesn't change the fact that you are trying to change god's will, with a believe that you will succeed.
