Why Pray?

God's in control, right. He will make things happen. After all, he is omniscient and omnipotent. So, why does God require prayer? Nancy and I have been involved in Perspectives at our Church and we have a small group which meets at our house. We came across this question at our meeting last week. I am captivated by this excellent explanation and now am committed to prayer more than ever. Here is the answer I got from our study.

God originally gave dominion of the earth to humankind. That dominion has never been revoked by God. Satan's dominion, which was achieved due to the fall of Adam and Eve, is a false, illegitimate, usurped dominion. Redeemed through Christ, we can exercise our God-given right to influence the affairs of this world through the exercise of prayer. Prayer in the power of the Holy Spirit breaks through the false dominion of the enemy and clears the way for His deliverance and Peace to come to all peoples.

Prayer is not incidental to the work of God. It is the work of God.