Have y'all e'er thought: "Why pray? If God wants something to happen, it volition hand off whether I pray or not."*
C.S. Lewis said that's the same equally saying: "Why launder my hands? If God wants them clean, they'll live on build clean whether I launder them or not."
Although nosotros can't fully sympathise prayer amongst our finite minds, God all the same tells us to "Never halt praying" (1 Thessalonians 5:17NLT).
And Scripture assures us at that topographic point are many benefits inwards prayer. For example, prayer brings a peace that is beyond our understanding.
Do non live on anxious nearly anything, but inwards every situation, yesteryear prayer as well as petition, amongst thanksgiving, introduce your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, volition guard your hearts as well as your minds inwards Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
If nosotros can't sympathise the peace prayer brings, nosotros shouldn't live on surprised that nosotros can't sympathise prayer itself.
Obviously, agreement prayer is non equally of import equally only doing it.
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* Psalm 139 tells us that, amidst other things, God knows our thoughts earlier nosotros intend them.
