One of my favorite quotes from C. S. Lewis is as follows:
"I
pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray
because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It
doesn’t change God- it changes me," (Lewis)
Could it be that the concept of prayer does not change God, but it
changes me. This holds the same for how "great art" judges the beholder.
Sub-creation and divine relationship that goes deeper. There is no way
that an infinite God can be moved. Idea of predestination, but in
regards to free will. Prayer is not necessary to get something or make
something happen, but instead alters the prayer and maybe makes the
heart more malleable for the Lord to shape and use how he wishes. For a
happy Christian heart truly desires the will of God above all. That way,
the concept of predestination loses its sour taste. What, then would
that say of listening? Maybe it would say that the prayer changes our
heart to be open to the voice of God that is forever present inside of
us as Christians. Prayer does not change God, it changes us.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever," (Hebrews 13:8).
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