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What We Truly Believe About Prayer, Part 4 (TMF:2515)

Friday, December 27, 2024
Peace to Live By: What We Truly Believe About Prayer, Part 4 (TMF:2515) - Daniel Litton
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       The man prays for his current relationship with his girlfriend Sarah because he believes that the prayers could affect the future quality and outcome of the relationship. This person believes that prayer isn’t just merely a command stated at various places in the Scriptures, but that prayer actually does have positive impact on persons and events. This is living prayer versus ceremonial prayer. There are great numbers of Christians on both sides of this, and specifically, in the evangelical world, the first view, the predetermined view, is probably more prevalent. It seems befitting to actually present prayer as something that can provide cause for change, though, as just stated, not everyone sees things this way. Many are not comfortable in believing that God is open to the thoughts, ideas, wishes, and desires of humans. They may say, “Humans are too evil to desire anything good” or “God would not be persuaded by humans because humans are often driven by the flesh.”