Peace and Love
2006-12-16 02:00:43 · 5 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Prayer, apparently, is a waste of time. Hundreds of millions prayed for this god creature to stop Hitler before he caused 30+ million to die during WWII and he did NOTHING. A simple little blood clot would have done the trick, say in 1934, but NOOOOOO. If this god creature could turn a good woman into a pillar of salt for looking over her shoulder, why couldn't he answer the prayers to end evil. Either this god is heartless, powerless, both, or does not exist at all.
2006-12-16 02:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First and foremost, prayer is an expression of our relationship with God.
What is that relationship?
God is our Father and we are His children. As such we are dependent on Him. Therefore, it is a relationship of dependency.
We are deluding ourselves if we think we are making it on our own, that God is not watching, not running the show. But if we choose to act that way, sometimes God lets us.
God gave us free will, and He generally keeps out of our lives until we acknowledge the relationship. We learn this from the opening sentences of the Bible:
This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the Lord God made earth and heaven. All the plants of the field were at this time in the ground and all the vegetation of the field had not yet sprouted for the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth as there was no human being to work the soil. [Genesis 2:4-5]
Rashi, the famed 11th century Biblical commentator, explains that God had not brought rain because He wanted the first human being to pray for it. Indeed, when Adam recognized the need for rain in the world, he prayed for it.
This is the first hint that the basic relationship between humanity and God is expressed through prayer.
When Adam prays, he acknowledges that he has a relationship with God, he is dependent on God, and he must ask God for what he needs. As soon as Adam prays, God begins to relate to him directly and, of course, answers his prayer. Indeed, it rains and all the vegetation begins to sprout.
THE REAL REASON FOR PRAYER
2006-12-16 10:17:56 · answer #2 · answered by gerritoney40 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If prayer is not felt deeply within, through and through, it has no value, and therefore will have no effect .
2006-12-16 10:58:53 · answer #3 · answered by wellcome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relationship with God,having long talks with him.Asking for his guidance and direction daily.Asking to be forgiven when you have harmed another or him.Asking to see this world the way he does,asking him to help me become like Jesus.
2006-12-16 10:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prayer is talking to God
2006-12-16 10:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by X 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋