Why Pray If God Is Sovereign? | Embracing Grace #5

About This Episode
Why does a sovereign God tell us to pray? He knows what we need, does what He pleases, and can't be changed by human manipulation. If we're honest, sometimes it can seem like prayer is pointless, and that makes it even more difficult to "pray without ceasing." In this episode, I explore why prayer isn't our way of changing God's will, but His way of changing ours. 

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and the "problem" of prayer
7:25 Understanding whom we pray to
10:22 3 things prayer accomplishes in Christians
11:03 #1 Prayer acknowledges that God is God
12:33 #2 Prayer demonstrates our trust in God being God
20:11 #3 Prayer asks God to act as God
54:19 Reminder why my content isn't short!
54:48 Summarizing this discussion

Book mentioned:
"Sovereignty of God" by AW Pink

Scripture Used:
Matthew 6:8b
Psalm 115:3
1 John 5:14-15
James 4:1-3
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
Psalm 50:12-15
Jeremiah 29:11-14
Romans 8:28-29
1 Thessalonians 4:3

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