What Is The Point Of Prayer?

[Sword of Christ]

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Luke 17-6

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I doubt if you tried that it would work regardless of how hard you prayed. But Jesus spoke in parables and metaphor to communicate certain truths. A lot of the time you have to figure out what it is he was trying to say, you can get a lot of deep meaning there.