What Is the Purpose of Prayer? by Dr Myles Munroe

What is the purpose of prayer? Doesn’t God do whatever He wants, anyway? Why should we have to pray when God already knows everything? These are valid questions. To answer them, we first need to understand essential truths about God’s nature and His purposes for mankind that make prayer necessary. We will spend a few days looking at God’s original intent for mankind

and for prayer. 

To begin with, God does everything for a reason, because He is a God of purpose. His actions are not arbitrary. “The LORD Almighty has sworn, ‘Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand’” (Isaiah 14:24). “The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations” (Psalm 33:11). “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21).

God is a God of purpose, and everything He has created in this world, including men and women, has been created to fulfill His purposes. The Creator’s commitment to His original intent for creation is a priority for Him that motivates and regulates all His actions. We can trust that God’s purposes are steadfast and that they will guide us into His perfect will for our lives. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. 

I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.(Isaiah 46:10–11) Prayer: Father, You are a God

of purpose. Thank You for including me in Your purposes for this earth. Please use me to help fulfill Your plans. In Jesus’ name, amen. Thought: Everything God does is driven by His purposed desire, which never changes. Reading: Genesis 10–12; Matthew 4