What is your purpose in praying?
Prayer is an act of communication with God It is not just about getting our needs met. God calls us to pray in order to develop and deepen relationships with Him. God wants friendship. Jesus said in John 15:14-15 (NIV): “You are My friends if you do what I command you.
What predestined mean in the Bible?
predestination, in Christianity, the doctrine that God has eternally chosen those whom he intends to save. For those whom he [God] foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.
What does predestination mean in simple terms?
Definition of predestination 1 : the act of predestinating : the state of being predestinated. 2 : the doctrine that God in consequence of his foreknowledge of all events infallibly guides those who are destined for salvation.
What does the Bible say about predestination?
Ephesians 1:11-12 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Is predestination in terms of event or individual?
I have a better grasp on the fact that predestination is in terms of event, not individual. Each individual has a choice to do what is right or wrong and the predetermined event will happened regardless of the choices that people make individually because God can use different people to accomplish his goals.
What does it mean to pray according to the Bible?
Prayer is a means to bring to pass that which God has determined shall be.” When we pray, we are not hoping to alter God’s eternal purposes; we are praying to obtain that outcome which God has ordained to be received by our prayers.
Is salvation already predestined?
As a Christian we’re always told to pray for people’s salvation. However, in Romans its clear that salvation is predestined. So if something is already predestined, what difference would our prayers do?
Do our prayers alter God’s purposes?
When we pray, we are not hoping to alter God’s eternal purposes; we are praying to obtain that outcome which God has ordained to be received by our prayers. Here is more from Hopkins: “Prayer does not incline God to bestow that which before He was not resolved to give but prepares us to receive that which God will not give otherwise.”