WHY PRAYER IS MYSTERIOUS PART 2.

WHY PRAYER IS MYSTERIOUS PART 2. 
Scripture: Mathew 6:8. 
Topic: Why Prayer is Mysterious Part 2. 

Prayer is mysterious because God is mysterious! God is mysterious and there is nothing we can do about it! If you think you will ever know everything about God then you must think again! God is not a man and we cannot know everything about Him. It is precisely because of the mysteries surrounding God that a lot of people do not pray.  In this series of our quiet time we will see the mysteries surrounding prayer and we will learn that these mysteries should not keep us from prayer but rather draw us closer in search of answers.

"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for YOUR FATHER KNOWETH WHAT THINGS YE HAVE NEED OF, BEFORE YE ASK HIM." 
Matthew 6:8

2. Mysteriously, even though God knows everything He still wants us to ask about what He already knows.

Why on earth should we tell God about everything that He already knows? If I already knew that a bomb had been found at the bottom of the lake, why would I want somebody to spend another thirty minutes telling me about the bomb at the bottom of the lake? It does not make sense for someone to have to listen to things that he already knows. But, mysteriously, it seems that even though God knows everything, He still wants you to come to Him and tell Him about what He already knows. Is that not amazing? We also know that God is a good leader and the best father of us all. Unlike some governments that have to be reminded about their citizens’ problems, God does not need to be reminded about our problems. Many governments need to be prompted and reminded by strikes and industrial action. But God does not need such prompting because He remembers and knows everything. The big question is why does God want to be constantly asked and reminded about things that he knows we need? Doesn’t He get bored with these old issues that He knows all about? But He seems to want us to come again and again and to present to Him things that He already knows. What a mystery!


Credits: Excerpt From
How to Pray.
Bishop Dag. Heward Mills.

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