So, god just let you waist your breath knowing what you will pray about before you pray? If he doesn't answer your prayers, why doesn't he prevent you from praying in the first place or just tell you iin advance that your prayers wont be answered. Why do he let you sit around and wait for nothing?
2006-06-21 14:38:10 · 12 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible says, ask and it shall be given unto you. If you don't ask, you will not be given. He knows what your need is, and He just wants u to ask. By asking him, it shows that you trust him to answer your prayers. that is why He wants you to ask, not so that u will waste your breath or anything.
2006-06-21 14:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by showgirl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to Christians, God is all-knowing - he knows all the past, all the present and all the future. If this is so, then God must know everything we do long before we do it. This means that our whole life must be predetermined and that we act not according to the free exercise of our wills but according to our predetermined natures. If we are predetermined to be good we will be good and if we are predetermined to be evil we will be evil. We will act not according to our will or choice but according to the way God has already foreseen we will act. Although Christians will insist that we do have free will, God's omniscience simply makes this logically impossible. And that people will act only as God determines is verified in the Bible.
If people are evil it is because God has chosen to make them evil (Rom 1:24-28) and caused them to disobey him (Rom 11:32). If they do not understand God's message it is because he has made their minds dull (Rom 11:8) and caused them to be stubborn (Rom 9:18). God prevents the Gospel from being preached in certain areas (Act 16:6-7) and he fixes long before it will happen when a person will be born and when he or she will die (Act 17:26). Those who were going to be saved were chosen by God before the beginning of time (ii Tim 1:9 Eph 1:11). If a person has faith and is thereby saved, their faith comes from God, not from any effort on their part (Eph 2:9-10). One may ask "If a person can only do what God predetermines them to do, how can God hold them responsible for their actions?" The Bible has an answer for this question.
But one of you will say to me: "If this is so, how can God find fault with anyone? For who can resist God's will?" But who are you, my friend, to answer God back? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it: "Why did you make me like this?" After all, the man who makes the pot has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from one lump of clay, one for special occasions and one for ordinary use. And the same is true of what God has done (Rom 9:19-22).
So apparently in Christianity a person's life and destiny are due purely to the whim of God and as mere humans we have no right to complain about what God has decided for us. The idea that we are all predetermined is quite consistent with the idea of an all-knowing God but it makes nonsense of the concept of making a' effort to do good or avoid evil.
2006-06-21 14:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by googlywotsit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because He allows you to disbelieve in him, too, and wants you to seek Him out. He isn't going to pressure you into coming to Him.
Think of your relationship with God like your relationship with your parents. Your mom or dad may know that you would eventually at some age want a new bike but until you say so they are probably not going to get it for you unless you are at an age when you most likely would get one and the circumstances are right.
It is called FREE WILL; you wouldn't want a God that led you around by the nose, would you?
2006-06-21 14:45:22 · answer #3 · answered by shoppingontherun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of prayer is to thank God for all that He's already done for you and to ask for His guidance in making good choices.
2006-06-21 15:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't be one-sided communication with just God. God wants you to talk to him. He loves us so much especially to hear our voice. For example: Voice mail message even though the message is prerecorded you would still like to hear someones voice instead of a message that you know they are going to ask. I would rather hear a person's voice instead of a voice mail any day! I've tried to explain it the best way that I know! Hopes this helps. God bless.
2006-06-21 20:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an exception to know all.God gave men and women fredom of choice. He does not know the choices that humans will make. So please by all means Pray and God will answer in Gods time.
2006-06-21 14:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two or three things why HE wants you to pray...
- its a command and HE wants to see whether we obey..
- prayer are a way to commune with God and to get to know him better
- to test our faith, whether we really trust HIM with all our heart and our mind and soul...
...yes, sometimes he doesnt answer, because HE knows it may not be good for us, sometimes prayers are answered delayed, but you can be sure, HIS timing is ALWAYS right, no matter what we humans are thinking...
So, be less critical, less analyzing why and how...PRAY!!
2006-06-21 14:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Aino D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i thin that even though he knows that we are going to pray we still have a choice to come to him about it or not.
2006-06-21 14:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by golfyguy16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made humans to praise and worship him so that say it all...
2006-06-21 15:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have free will, he may know what you need, but he wants you to know too
2006-06-21 14:42:06 · answer #10 · answered by Magi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋