Please tell me what prayer does if God is all-knowing, God is in control, and if He has already gone before us?
I am a bit confused on this issue. God already knows the outcome of every situation and the Word says He is working all things for our good and His glory. I just don't understand what prayer does that isn't already done or will be done according to God's will and not our own.
Thanks Stacy for reading and writing back with a question. You are probably the 100 millionth person to ask this so you are not alone! It's the great unanswerable question in our faith. One of the best answers I've ever heard came from my daughter. Her 5 or 6 year old son asked her one day, "if God knows everything then why do I have to tell him I'm sorry for my sin." And she replied simply, "Because He asks us to tell Him everything and to ask Him for everything."
I've written about this before if you'd like to read more here. And I'll probably write on this again in the future.
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Please tell me what prayer does if God is all-knowing, God is in control, and if He has already gone before us?
I am a bit confused on this issue. God already knows the outcome of every situation and the Word says He is working all things for our good and His glory. I just don't understand what prayer does that isn't already done or will be done according to God's will and not our own.
Thanks Stacy for reading and writing back with a question. You are probably the 100 millionth person to ask this so you are not alone! It's the great unanswerable question in our faith. One of the best answers I've ever heard came from my daughter. Her 5 or 6 year old son asked her one day, "if God knows everything then why do I have to tell him I'm sorry for my sin." And she replied simply, "Because He asks us to tell Him everything and to ask Him for everything."
I've written about this before if you'd like to read more here. And I'll probably write on this again in the future.
~Barbara