Philip YanceyPrayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
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It is a simple truth that in order to receive from God, we must listen to Him. Prayer is a way to talk to God and lay out our needs in the simplest terms. After the prayer is said, there might be many unknowns that need to be answered. The phrase, “prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives” means that prayer is a way of allowing God to enter into our lives by trusting Him with even the most unpredictable elements.The truth of this is seen in so many instances in our world where individuals have been miraculously healed from illness by the power of prayer.
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