Comments on: What does prayer accomplish if God doesn’t change His mind? http://togetherforchrist.com/blog/2009/07/18/what-does-prayer-accomplish-if-god-doesnt-change-his-mind/ Biblical Issues. Pastoral Concerns. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Rives http://togetherforchrist.com/blog/2009/07/18/what-does-prayer-accomplish-if-god-doesnt-change-his-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Steve Rives Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:01:06 +0000 http://togetherforchrist.com/blog/?p=35#comment-9 Hey Doug, I think this is a common question. Who changes in prayer? The issue is more complicated when we read those promises from Jesus where he says things like, "whatever you ask in my name, he will do...". Prayer is something of a mystery to me, but your fourth point is especially useful. It may begin to speak to those seemingly enigmatic promises from God about answering our prayer. I just <a href="http://mrrives.com/Gezer/?p=173" rel="nofollow">wrote about this yesterday</a>, so I was glad to see your post. It has been a long time, but John Calvin wrote about this in his Institutes, and your words remind me of his. Thanks for the thoughts on Prayer. Steve Hey Doug, I think this is a common question. Who changes in prayer? The issue is more complicated when we read those promises from Jesus where he says things like, “whatever you ask in my name, he will do…”. Prayer is something of a mystery to me, but your fourth point is especially useful. It may begin to speak to those seemingly enigmatic promises from God about answering our prayer. I just wrote about this yesterday, so I was glad to see your post. It has been a long time, but John Calvin wrote about this in his Institutes, and your words remind me of his.

Thanks for the thoughts on Prayer.

Steve

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