Prayer is not a way to ask for gifts and special favors; God isn't Santa Claus. It's not some check box; God's not some bureaucratic manager who requires the forms to be filled out before he responds. God knows what we need and responds to us according to our need whether or not we ask. Prayer is not for God's sake so that he knows what we need. He already knows.
Prayer is for our own sake. Prayer is not so much our chance to talk to God (although we can; it's sometimes what we need). Prayer is our chance to let God talk to us. In the busy lives that we lead, we do not hear God's voice speaking to us. Prayer is our chance to quiet ourselves and just be with God.
If it seems like God gives us blessings in return our prayers, it is really because our prayers open our eyes to the blessings God gives us all the time.
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