Does praying mean that?

Question

you're asking god to bend the rules of physics (or god's rules) to satisfy your own little desires?

Greed? vanity? what does that fall under?

Answer 1

never mind that, you're asking him to corrupt his perfect, inerrant plan - so the result would obviously be worse.

Praying makes no sense, even if you believe any gods exist.

Answer 2

Peace on this earth and between men and women is my desire, little and petty it might be but it would be good.
I suppose it would come under the heading of greed and I am vane enough to want this and expect it to happen.
Its not God that wars with people but people warring with each other. So it's time God looked at the human race and said Let there be peace!!
As we need material things, and water food etc, to live modestly and this takes money to pay for these things
then this human being has a chat with the greater force asking for the way ahead to be made easier because I need the stuff that keeps me alive.

Answer 3

To pray to God is to worship God. Jesus taught his followers to give primary importance to praying for the honor of God's holy name. (They are the ones who can address him as 'Heavenly Father'). The coming of God's Kingdom is the next most important thing to pray for, then that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Any items under those categories come first in prayer.

Then comes personal needs - deliverance from evil, food, being forgiven just as we forgive others. No rule-bending there - no satisfying of personal desires (bar food and forgiveness) No room for vanity with God first, self last. It falls under the heading of The Lord's Prayer - Matthew 6.

Answer 4

The Word of God and Prayer builds faith in a person's life and draws us into a deeper relationship with our Lord - and with other people.

And there is no reason why we should faint under the burden of afflictions, seeing that prayers minister to us a most sure help: which cannot be frustrated, seeing that they proceed from the Spirit of God who dwells in us.

We know not what we should pray for as we ought. We often do not know, in our ignorance, what is best. This is especially true in the times of the greatest trial.

The creation groans; we ourselves groan; the Spirit himself groans. The Spirit within us intercedes by groaning which are his, in that they are prompted by the Spirit.

Answer 5

God, being omnipotent, can use the uncertainty principle to have any effect, so he does not need to break his rules, just be very subtle.


However, since God is omnicognicent too, what is the point of asking for something that God already knows about, and knows how you feel about it, and knows how every one in the universe feels about it. He (allegedly) has alway known that this was going to happen and arranged events (if you are omnipotent you HAVE to have arranged it) so that what ever you are praying for will or will not happen without your prayer.


Unless God is not omnicognicent or omnipotent, or is so 'loving' that he wants to hear us beg.



Or it could be that prayer is just a way for the human psyche to divest responsibility for events either from an uncaring universe, or from itself.

Answer 6

Spreading that point of view around is a bit mean, if you're honest. Praying is done because Jesus did it and taught his followers to do the same. Many people pray for others. It's merely a conversation with God. It's a good job he sometimes says no.

Answer 7

"Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse.”

Sri Aurobindo as quoted by Sat Prem [Bernar Enginger] in a letter addressed to the Mother, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, India..

Prayer is something more than the wish list, seeking favours that suits one's greed, ego and false notions.

A prayer comes from the Self, the Soul, the Atman, longing for the Perfect Union.

Answer 8

I usually never pray for myself or for things that are impossible or should not be changed. I pray for things I want god to lead me through or to help show me the right way to go. I would never pray for money or selfish things that would make him frown on me. Praying falls under love. You cannot do wrong by praying. No matter what it is for. I find comfort in praying. I show my gratitude to the lord each night when I pray and thank him for all the good I have in my life.

Answer 9

Prayer is being present with God. It is a great gift. There is a saying that God is closer to you than your jugular vein. When you pray it is a form of meditation and God answers all prayers. When you are with God why would you need anything else? The Benevolence of God is forever with us. It is for us to turn and recognise it.

Answer 10

When I pray, I say thanks and I ask God for forgiveness and the courage and strength to follow the path upon which he has set me.

I do on occasion ask for help with bills and things like that, but I do so with the faith that He will always provide whatever we need.

I'm far from perfect and I know that...I do get angry at God sometimes when things goes wrong, but I have a good enough relationship with Him that it always works out.

Answer 11

God says He will answer our prayers if we pray according to His will. You cannot bend God's word, it is fixed in the heavens and there is no argument against it.