just prayed.. i’m so sorry.. just remember how perfect and whole God’s peace is. he’ll give you lots of that during this time if you ask it if him. just remember also that Jesus is coming soon, which means y’all will be reunited soon! hallelujah ❤️
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. -- Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
@@n.b.0212I strongly agree with you. We're ALL sinners. We ALL sin, and fall short. No one perfect. GOD knows our hearts, we should also have a heart of repentance and changed behavior.
Prayer is the key that opens many doors that otherwise cannot be opened. Through prayer, God gives us an opportunity to ask and talk to Him. He knows the outcomes, but He allows us to have choices.
Erm, yes, just like Satan had, the choice, to revisit heaven, or present, his asinine opinions, about how loyal or not, Job was, too? May I then ask, how, he - a fully premeditated, conscious, traitor, could do this, @mattmoeller1105 ? Whilst most humans, for just being, descended, from two semi ignorant, Eden, traitors - cannot? Also, did He know, outcome, of leaving Leviticus 25, around, in any long term way... or, of the Inquisition? And slave, trade. As some of that, would apparently, take more than prayer, to resolve. Even, slowly.
Nonsense. If He already knows the outcome you’re simply following a preprogrammed script written by a director that cannot be wrong. There is no autonomy or personal choice in that.
@@toreyhorton1789I can fly out to wherever you are and come slap you with cheese seems is that preprogrammed oh wait 30 min before I will chug a smoothie with lemon Juice and eat a banana then when I …… do u see the point your lying saying if YOU didn’t make THAT decision
The correct word is YOU’RE. I can see the level of intelligence I’m dealing with here. Counterfeit Christians are so ignorant and violent. If YOUR (use the word correctly) Creator knew you would do that thousands or millions of years before you were even created then YES you were preprogrammed to do exactly what HE EXPECTED His -CREATION- INVENTION to do. So, because I’m not dumb I don’t see YOUR point.
From my experience with prayers. God knows everything, but God tend to act when we humble ourselves and invite him to intervene in our lives. I've had him help me with my illness, career, family issues etc. And looking back, if I did not pray, my life would have been in a complete mess and I probably wouldn't have been alive today. So just pray about everything like the Bible commands. Be blessed!
Ay you know what.....what you said was so simple and basic but yet so powerful.....because at times we all get tired of praying or tired of waiting or tired of things happening where we say what's the use or maybe God won't come thru this time.....I think even when you said humbling.....that makes me think of times when you dont wanna pray, resist praying but find yourself saying God I cant do it alone and pray anyway.....God rewards that like they say.
It's all in your head. Your god is imaginary. It doesn't do anything for anybody. Do you think all those starving and sick children all over the world aren't humble enough? Just think about it.
@salserokorsou We humble ourselves before GOD.He is faithful and merciful. I believe in GOD, the creator of heavens and earth. Let us please our wills to GOD.
My favorite prayer is the one Jesus prays before going to the cross : " “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36
That's how I try to pray now. "I'd like you to do this, but also help me be okay with a no". I'm trying hard to not see asking to be ok with a no as unbelief because prosperity gospel preachers have made us think faith is the force that makes, (makes) God answer, so if he doesn't answer it's your faith, it's missing tithe, it's cos he's punishing you.... Watch me pray a prayer like Jesus did and they'll probably tell me off because accepting a no to my prayer is not faith.
Praise God Last night I was struggling to pray because I thought, “why do I have to pray to an all-knowing God with perfect character? Surely I’m not here to convince him to do something even I would do in my flawed state…”. A timely video Thank you 🙏
I understand what you have said . It did not complicate me . Sometime if you go to God in prayer then he will give you a more better understanding to explain it for those who want to understand . He said with all thy getting get understanding . Sometimes you may have to fast and pray for understanding.
I think that prayer is like baptism. It’s an act of obedience. God would give you what you need regardless if you pray but when you pray and then get your needs met, you are more grateful and loving towards Him and your relationship will grow stronger and you will more likely to be drawn to make decisions out of love for Him (doing the right thing like minister to others instead of selfish self indulging acts).
Good, now, was Torquemada, Calvin... and erm... others, too? Shown, what to prayer for, apply, or interpret... that is. Re policy, etc. Or Augustine of Hippo, on assorted, topics - and so forth? Meantime, I heard... Satan, was a sinner... And he got, heard... at least, once? Viz Job.@@briangardner1361
Collin, so you are good with prayer being nothing more than meaningless chatter? Did Jesus pray because He was bored? Didn't have TV to kill spare time? What our brother Allen did was negate many scriptures including the following two: Matthew 6:7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. James 5:16 Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.
Join me in this prayer. The more that pray it the stronger it gets. Pray God’s will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. Pray God protects and blesses the children. Pray for the truth to be revealed. Pray God lifts the scales from the lukewarm and lost eyes, opens their ears and soften their hearts. Pray God strengthens His children, gives them more discernment, pours more Fire on them and wakes them up. Pray the end times harvest will increase. Pray God exposes the evil people and brings them to justice. Pray for repentance to fall upon and sweep across America 🇺🇸
I Thank you Jesus, that even in times of need, despair, and brokenness, you are there for me. Please, put your arms around me and my children. I trust you Heavenly Father no matter what. Like many other single parents things are tough on me. Both of my sons are special needs. I’m constantly struggling to provide for them and now that I’m home schooling them my hours to work are limited. I’m overwhelmed. Father God hear my prayers. My faith in you is strong! Even as I constantly struggle to pay my rent. And I constantly struggle to provide groceries for my children. I’m keeping faith. Walking with faith is the most important thing us christian’s can do. That’s why love compassion and prayers are all we truly need. Please keep me and my boys in your prayers. Prayers are all I NEED!
Praying for your family right now. We also have struggles in our family and I find this verse comforting: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
Father God, please bless this lady and her children’s too have a abundance life - in Jesus name, and please lord bless her life to be more easy for her too take care of her children’s. And feed them lord amen I 🙏
I remember studying that chapter in Exodus (32) and thinking the same thing, but I knew He is all-knowing and you can't change His mind. What I came up with is He loves us so much that he doesn't mind involving us at times in his plan. It makes us feel good that we can have "sorta" executive decisions in the outcome all though the outcome was already Written or planned. And in Jonah, he knew the people of Nineveh would repent. Obviously, because God is all-knowing. Also, it helps us exercise our faith. God knew he was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but he let Abraham (Gen 18) in on what he was going to do. He allowed Abraham to try to "save" this city but he was showing Abraham how wicked that place really was. And prayers really really work especially if you have the gift of Prayer Intercession you know exactly what I mean. In the book of Daniel 10, you see the angel came to him after his fast and said "I would have been here sooner but I was detained by the prince of Persia" The enemy would try everything in the spiritual realm to not let your prayer go through. SO KEEP PRAYING
0:26: 🙏 This video explores the question of whether our prayers can change God's mind. 3:54: 💡 The video discusses the question of whether our prayers can change God's mind and emphasizes the importance of obedience to the Bible regardless of the outcome. 7:56: 🔄 Theology is important because it helps answer the question of whether God changes his mind based on new information. 11:46: 🙏 Prayer can change God's mind and bring about healing and blessings in one's life. 15:41: 😢 God was grieved by the wickedness of mankind, but it doesn't mean He had second thoughts about creating them. Recap by Tammy AI
Great word brother Allen! Very well explained. The very moment we can fully comprehend God with our feeble mind, He then stops being God. We don’t need to always know the why behind His actions or commandments, we just need to fully trust Him and obey Him.
There is a difference between a mystery behind God, and a blatant contradiction. God hasn't determined everything. He has, through sovereignty, made the decision for us to make choices. And the choice to pray, that prayer is taken into consideration by God before making a decision. Prayer is powerful because it's influential. It's influential because God's decisions are based partially in our prayers.
This verse came to mind also: “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15). Emphasis on asking "according to His will," His will always being the best outcome...which explains why sometimes our prayers may not be answered the way we want, or even at all, if God knows the answer we want wouldn't be for the best. Great video Allen, I always learn something!
The mind of God is unfathomable but I rest assured that He loves me/us. I don't whether our prayers change God's mind but I thank God for the times when He has reassured me that I am truly loved when I have failed or felt totally lost in in this life. Amen. Hallelujah!
Jesus also kept the seventh day Holy as commanded. Yet this channel rejects tis command. If the Sabbath was good enough for Jesus, shouldn't it be good so much more for us? The whole Bible is true, not just what Allen Parr picks and chooses.
The way I look at it as this: God always makes the first move, and we are respondent to Him, however he responds back and reveals Himself when it’s the right time according to Him.
For some victories, we have to prove that we’ll do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. We have to be good to people that are not being good to us. We have to stay in faith when it’s not fair, when it’s taking longer than it should, when it doesn’t look like it’s ever going to work out. How bad do you want what God promised? If you give up easily, you don’t want it bad enough. If you let people discourage you, bad breaks talk you out of it, delays cause you to quit believing, then it’s going to keep you from God’s best.
God loves genuine worships. He loves it when we praises Him. He is delighted when we give Him thanks. When we honor God in every thing we do and say in goodness we worship God.🌹🕊️ God's blessings to you and your ministry 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This was such an interesting topic!! It really was kind of a mind twister😵💫 Most of my prayers have become like ‘thanks for the blessings’ or ‘help me to understand why this bad thing is happening’, ‘forgive me for this or that’. Plenty of things to pray for even if everything is already decided.
As a teenager I had the argument that “whatever happens is supposed to happen, so why do I need to pray?” So glad He has taught me differently since then! How could I have a relationship with Him without speaking to Him?
You explained it well. I am not confused. I love the way you describe the scriptures you are truly Anointed brother. May Our Lord and Savior bless us with your messages 🙏 thank you Pastor Parr.❤😊
My understanding of this is that God has determined every consequence of every action we take. So He knows that if you deny Him, you will be in hell. Same that if you believe in Him, you will be in heaven. This is also where free will comes in to play. He allows us to make choices. He has already determined the outcome based on our choice and knows our hearts when we make said choice (aka the chances of us going back on our choice if the decision was already weakly/strongly made). It’s kind of like when you know someone will go back to smoking after they quit, because they weakly choose to quit every weekend. Except on an entirely different level. So that’s why we should still pray. God knows and has predetermined the consequences if we don’t trust in Him, but He still allows us to make the choice. That, I believe, is why He’s saddened by our choices. He knows what greatness He has set apart for us if we had just made the right choices. But He’s also a just God, so if we make poor choices we will experience the consequences.
Many have found that their greatest comfort comes from leaning on God in prayer and reading comforting passages found in the Bible. "Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort" 2 Corinthians 1:3
Through prayer, we make requests, we petition, and offer thanksgiving! Prayer-communing, partnership, and agreement with the father… Through prayer we permit the purpose and plans of God to be carried out in our lives in all situations🙌🙌 The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man avails much!!!
If God is eternal as we know He is, He already knows the past, present, and future for all of us, so our prayers don't actually change His mind because He already knows what we will pray for and when we will pray for it. Prayer is just us acknowledging God in our lives and our need for His help.
(Matthew 6:9-13) When you pray.. pray like this .. Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever in JESUS name Amen 🙏🏽
This was my struggle for a few years after what I believed God was leading me in was now changed due to my waywardness. I see now that God’s purpose may be the same. Even though seasons in my life will change. This has helped me focus on God’s purpose and plan, including his direction in my life and what it’s purposed for rather than earthly and fleshly changes. Thank you brother Allen for this!
I've been praying for 3 months now for a job. I've been sitting at home doing nothing going for interviews and and no results from it but instead they give me one reason or the other telling me i can't get the job, I'm tired and hopeless now,i think God has abandoned me or he isn't listening. Please pray for me, i hope i come back here to testify soon. Thank you all
I heard the same question answered by the late RC Sproul in his usual combined theological and philosophical approach but you, Allen Parr, handled the question well and gave the appropriate Scriptures and examples that would buttress the point and answer the question with a biblical answer that - God does not change His mind or repent over something simply because He is God, nothing surprises Him. All information are known to Him, so that even though at first reading, Moses, Elijah or Hezekiah seems to have triggered God with their prayers to "change "His mind - actually God never changed His mind because He knew they would pray to Him and nothing they prayed for surprised Him at all! Thanks for this enlightening answer to a difficult question, all glory to God🙏
You don’t want God to change his mind either! Imagine if he woke up one day and decided he doesn’t love you. God’s unchanging nature is how we can feel secure in his arms!
Philippians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
When you understand God's sovereignty, it is challenging to reconcile why He would command us to pray and if our prayers are necessary. This video has been helpful. I appreciated the distinction you made between God's warning and God's purpose and the hypothetical example you gave about warning your child to clean his room. Thank you, Brother Allen!
I'm glad the Bible tells us plainly that we're just not going to understand how God operates or his plans, because I'm not gonna lie, I don't understand his ways most of the time, and it can be really frustrating. But I keep praying
Who are the FOLLOWERS of the ANTI-CHRISTS? ANSWER - All Jehovah's Witnesses, SDAs, Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Born Again Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and members of all kinds of RELIGIONS in the world who believe and preach the false teachings and doctrines of their Pastors and Leaders about "Armageddon", "immortality of the souls", "Trinity", "rapture", and "reincarnation" in opposition and rejection of what were written in the Bible, in Matthew 28: 18, Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26.
Who are the FOLLOWERS of JESUS CHRIST? ANSWER - All persons on earth who honor and obey Jesus Christ as their Heavenly Master and King and believe his teachings about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" in submission and obedience to what were written in Matthew 28: 18, Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26. What is the Creator's favor and reward for followers of Jesus Christ? ANSWER - Eternal Life and existence without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death on a safe, secure, and peaceful earth without liars, immoral and perverts, traitors, and murderers as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4, 8. How will followers of Jesus Christ live and exist on earth eternally if they just die and turn into worthless and useless dusts on earth? ANSWER - All human beings have no immortal souls and will just become worthless and useless dusts on earth after their deaths just like the animals as written in Ecclesiastes 3: 19, 20 and 9: 5, 6 but all followers of Jesus Christ and worshippers of the Creator who died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Naomi, Ruth, King David, Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and many others will not remain as worthless dusts forever, instead, in the right and proper time and as written in John 11: 25, 26, Jesus Christ will resurrect them back to life so they can all happily and abundantly live and exist on earth forever as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD" and fully enjoy his and the Creator's eternal love, kindness, goodness, compassions, generosities, favors, and blessings for eternity under his loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
I always feel better when I pray mu bro . Thank you for reminder of Jesus and how prayed . Thank you Lord for guiding me to this video. Bless you all . Lots of love
Thank you kind Pastor, our GOD Almighty Father is oh so merciful and wonderful with all Praise, Honor, and Glory to GOD Almighty in the name of Jesus Christ forevermore. Amen and Amen.
I try to focused on Christ's prayer, "not my will but thine," I know His will and plane for me is perfect whether I need discipline nor reward it is all a blessing!
Key is to pray in Faith, and be obedient. God doesn't owe us explanations. Romans 3: 10-11 I believe Favor is granted from God through our faith. We must trust God's timing!
It pleases our Father to give us what we ask for. Just as we rejoice in his goodness to answer our asking. I remember my little son's joy as we gave him. "Zhat’s exzactly what I wanted!!"
Excellent explanation for such a complex relationship with our Father. I believe pray is important to our Father for many reasons mainly to center out thoughts and minds on him.❤
God NEVER changes His mind, nor does He repent as man does because He can’t. For that to happen, it would mean He is not God. God’s divine, moral character and nature never changes; however, God can relent (or soften His response) when people heed His warnings, repent and change their minds about sin by turning from it and turning to Him. I thank God for your easy to understand teachings. They have blessed me so much! God bless you.
So glad you made this video. I have wondered that a lot lately with the end times we are in. I understood it easily. And I will continue to pray as I don't know how God will handle certain situations or if He is just waiting for us to talk to Him about it. Thank you brother Parr.
Our Prayers do not change God's mind, for God is Sovereign and man is not, our Prayers align us with God's Will! God changes our Mind through Prayer! not the other way around, it is God that changes us! from Sin to Repentance, from Death to Life, from Hatred to Love, by drawing us to the feet of Christ. God changes us.
Comment based on initial notification thumbnail and title. To simply put it we pray to keep an open and active Spiritual walk and relationship with God our Father. Additionally our prayers should also be centered around his Will not our own. Lastly remember the 2nd Commandment with the pics you chose Mr.parr Much love and my God continue to bless your outreach and ministry!
God knows and has predetermined His actions. We are the ones who don’t know anything either way. Do right, be merciful, and be humble. The more I look at the Lord’s Prayer, the more I see God’s sovereignty at work. The whole prayer centers around us trusting God to do His will and obeying God as He reveals His will. So prayer is an act of trust and obedience. He has predetermined to answer every prayer with a yes if it is according to His will. He has also predetermined to say no to those things that are not His will. Some answers are yes, but not yet. But that waiting is good for us. It stretches our faith and allows us to grow. It is because I know He holds the future that I cry out to God when I don’t understand.
my goodness this video was a true amazing blessing I enjoyed it very much you did a great job on helping us understand gods sovereignty.. God bless You pastor Allen
Prayer is important it’s how we commune with God and build relationship with him. He speaks back to us and allows us to partner with him when it comes to our lives. Thank you for explaining this topic as it is difficult to understand. I
Prayer shows humility. That we need an all powerful, all knowing God. That we are nothing without Him. It touches the heart of God. That it is never His will to bring upon judgement to us but a way for us to repent
Appreciate the video! I have always looked at prayer and God’s “mind-changing” as perspective. Just like in physics, if I am traveling in an airplane and look down at the cars, they appear to be driving very slow because of my perspective. If I am standing right next to the highway though, the cars appear to be going very fast. From our perspective, God changes his mind. From our perspective, God answers prayer. From God’s perspective, he is all-knowing, and does not change his mind. But we are here, living life from a human perspective, not God’s perspective. Compare to the previous analogy, if I was standing next to the highway, but tried to view the cars from the perspective of the airplane and I walked into traffic, I would probably get hit by a car and die. It is for my own good and safety to look at the world, including God, from the current perspective that I am experiencing. Praise God that He is in control and we get to have a relationship with Him!!
Thank you sir...some tough questions. Many things don't add up quite right. If it did we would have facts and not faith. Perhaps God gives us enough facts while still maintaining our need to have faith and trusting God for the things we do not know.
Thank you so much for this!! I've been watching videos on YT with people exclaiming that God changes his mind after actually TELLING us something or making a promise. One tried to comment on it several times but some People are adamant that God Spoke specific words to them about promises and marriage... all kinds of things. But then they say it didn't Happen because God changed his mind. I lived hearing your video because it was EVERYTHING I've tried to explain. God knows EVERYTHING and is not caught off guard by ANYTHING. His bless you for this... it's right on time, and i PRAY that it gets into everyone's algorithms so that they can understand this Biblical truth!! GOD BLESS YOU!!😊🙏🏾
I am so glad that you have explained this topic about our All Knowing God Changing His mind. He doesn't because He already knows what our response would be. Another scripture that comes to mind is 2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Good Word..Good Content… Thank you so much Brother Allen…You did a great job explaining and backing up scripture about prayer. As I watched I prayed to God to show me the understanding of the question posed and how does He (GOD) feel about it. As I sat two or more important scriptures came to me. 1) Genesis 2:16,17 where God told Adam not the eat from tree of knowledge of good and evil do not eat from it for if you do eat from it …you will die. What I found interesting was that God did not tell Adam why you shouldn’t eat from it God told Adam the results from eating from this particular tree. Remember also, the prayer time or fellowship with Father God and Adam was no longer in the cool of he day with personal relationship with Father God.. We now through Jesus Christ can have fellowship in the cool of the day and All Night…😊🙌 Adam was supposed to accept what God said without questioning…Why?? Because God knows best.. He is a Good Good Father. As You stated in your message Brother Allen God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts.. we will NEVER “know” The Mind of God because then He would not be God. He owed NO One an explanation… we have to be content Knowing That he instructs us to pray all throughout HIS Word.. he commands that for fellowship. I may not have an understanding why an All Knowing God would command us to pray when he knows the end results of the prayer. Also don’t forget Jesus died on the cross for us to have access to Our Heavenly Father..by the veil was rent in two so that we can now boldly petition the very throne of God to tell him ALL our concerns and secrets… what a PRIVILEGE!! Hallelujah!!👏👏👏👏Thank You Jesus. So I agree with Brother Allen that this question can be difficult to explain so .. I did the best to explain like Brother Allen. I would like to pose a different aspect of this question: Instead of the question why pray… I ask why NOT pray(talk) with The God of Heaven and Earth… You mean I have access to The One and True Living God just through prayer… Wow….That’s PRICELESS 😊👏🙌👍🫡🙏👊
Powerful and good message, it requieres a lot of humility of heart to understand the balance between a person actions and God’s plan. Thanks for your work
I'm glad you posted this question brother Allen. My sister inlaw and I have been researching this topic for 4 years now 😳. The lord's prayer really sums up what we are asking for, and yes people prayed all through the bible. What are we praying for if God can't be pursuaded and what do we need if he gives us our daily bread 🤔. He knows our name because we serve him and he has plotted out our future and purpose before we where born ( Esau/ Jacob etc.) . So we know we gotta pray but what are we praying for 🤔
I believe saying changed his mind is called mercy. He is a merciful God. He would rather love and show mercy than condemn. But you dont repent you meet his wrath. Its all up to you to pray and trust in the Lord and his love and mercy. Amen!
I really appreciate your explanations. I appreciate your study, dedication, knowledge of the Bible, theology and God. The only 'but' I have is to add from my own experience. God wants us to pray; in doing so 'we' learn more about ourselves and God's plan. I'm in my eighth decade and could list all sorts of things, but I'm sure most Christians have realized this and those who haven't, will. In your initial example, Moses came to grips with who he was and his own loyalties. They were already there, and Moses had to grasp and own it. The Lord already knew it and wanted Moses to get it, which is one of the reasons He didn't drop the information on the Nation itself. I like your use of the original and sometimes secondary meaning of words in Hebrew. According to Strong's Bible dictionary, the word translated 'repent' also means 'to comfort oneself, ease oneself" which makes more sense in context than 'change one's mind'. Also, the text of the original revelations and statements of God are made with the limited information of the people at the time. He used phraseology they understood.
University studies have repeatedly shown that praying has no more outcome on events than random chance and in some cases can have a slightly negative outcome. Like praying for someone to get well and they don't and they start to think their god doesn't want them to get well and their condition worsens.
Amen, our temple bodies are the house of prayer, God is sovereign. Matthew 6:9-12 👑 “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
God bless you brother.....the logic of all this is that God knows every posible outcome....this keeps our free will intact....kind of like if this than that... Joshua said it Best... as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. He had a choice as we all do ... we reap What we sow
This is a question I have struggled with for years. Thank you for addressing it. Bottom line is God commands that we pray. That settles it. I always experience God’s peace and joy after praying. That’s enough.
We pray for relationship purposes,even though God knows all our needs,we don't know His will on our request,so we pray in hope we are praying His will for our lives.
Please pray for me. My dad suddenly passed away yesterday. Pray for my family. My mom and little sis.
So sorry for your loss. Praying for your family right now.
Prayers for you and your family. The Holy spirit will send you comfort in your grief and hold you in His loving Arms. In Jesus loving name.
So sorry for your loss . One day there will no more tears , he will wipe away all our tears . It is written 💜
just prayed.. i’m so sorry.. just remember how perfect and whole God’s peace is. he’ll give you lots of that during this time if you ask it if him. just remember also that Jesus is coming soon, which means y’all will be reunited soon! hallelujah ❤️
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I think God also looks at our hearts to see the motivation behind our prayers. Are we ready and mature enough for what we are asking as well.
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
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Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
I’m sorry for your loss! 😢 I’ll be including your family in prayer 🙏
@@BeatChemistrybut aren't we all sinners in some sort of way? Is his will to repent? Then our prayers are heard?
@@n.b.0212I strongly agree with you. We're ALL sinners. We ALL sin, and fall short. No one perfect. GOD knows our hearts, we should also have a heart of repentance and changed behavior.
@@mizzrita01 yes maam
Prayer is the key that opens many doors that otherwise cannot be opened. Through prayer, God gives us an opportunity to ask and talk to Him. He knows the outcomes, but He allows us to have choices.
Erm, yes, just like Satan had, the choice, to revisit heaven, or present, his asinine opinions, about how loyal or not, Job was, too?
May I then ask, how, he - a fully premeditated, conscious, traitor, could do this, @mattmoeller1105 ?
Whilst most humans, for just being, descended, from two semi ignorant, Eden, traitors - cannot?
Also, did He know, outcome, of leaving Leviticus 25, around, in any long term way... or, of the Inquisition?
And slave, trade. As some of that, would apparently, take more than prayer, to resolve. Even, slowly.
Especially when you're praying according to God's will..
Nonsense.
If He already knows the outcome you’re simply following a preprogrammed script written by a director that cannot be wrong.
There is no autonomy or personal choice in that.
@@toreyhorton1789I can fly out to wherever you are and come slap you with cheese seems is that preprogrammed oh wait 30 min before I will chug a smoothie with lemon Juice and eat a banana then when I …… do u see the point your lying saying if YOU didn’t make THAT decision
The correct word is YOU’RE.
I can see the level of intelligence I’m dealing with here.
Counterfeit Christians are so ignorant and violent.
If YOUR (use the word correctly) Creator knew you would do that thousands or millions of years before you were even created then YES you were preprogrammed to do exactly what HE EXPECTED His -CREATION- INVENTION to do.
So, because I’m not dumb I don’t see YOUR point.
From my experience with prayers. God knows everything, but God tend to act when we humble ourselves and invite him to intervene in our lives. I've had him help me with my illness, career, family issues etc. And looking back, if I did not pray, my life would have been in a complete mess and I probably wouldn't have been alive today. So just pray about everything like the Bible commands. Be blessed!
Ay you know what.....what you said was so simple and basic but yet so powerful.....because at times we all get tired of praying or tired of waiting or tired of things happening where we say what's the use or maybe God won't come thru this time.....I think even when you said humbling.....that makes me think of times when you dont wanna pray, resist praying but find yourself saying God I cant do it alone and pray anyway.....God rewards that like they say.
It's all in your head. Your god is imaginary. It doesn't do anything for anybody.
Do you think all those starving and sick children all over the world aren't humble enough? Just think about it.
We humble ourselves
@@michaellumumba1779 it still won't work. Stop lying to yourself.
@salserokorsou We humble ourselves before GOD.He is faithful and merciful. I believe in GOD, the creator of heavens and earth.
Let us please our wills to GOD.
My favorite prayer is the one Jesus prays before going to the cross : " “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36
That's how I try to pray now.
"I'd like you to do this, but also help me be okay with a no".
I'm trying hard to not see asking to be ok with a no as unbelief because prosperity gospel preachers have made us think faith is the force that makes, (makes) God answer, so if he doesn't answer it's your faith, it's missing tithe, it's cos he's punishing you.... Watch me pray a prayer like Jesus did and they'll probably tell me off because accepting a no to my prayer is not faith.
Praise God
Last night I was struggling to pray because I thought, “why do I have to pray to an all-knowing God with perfect character? Surely I’m not here to convince him to do something even I would do in my flawed state…”.
A timely video
Thank you 🙏
I understand what you have said . It did not complicate me . Sometime if you go to God in prayer then he will give you a more better understanding to explain it for those who want to understand . He said with all thy getting get understanding . Sometimes you may have to fast and pray for understanding.
Sounds like God has shown you what to pray for tonight and going fwd
I think that prayer is like baptism. It’s an act of obedience. God would give you what you need regardless if you pray but when you pray and then get your needs met, you are more grateful and loving towards Him and your relationship will grow stronger and you will more likely to be drawn to make decisions out of love for Him (doing the right thing like minister to others instead of selfish self indulging acts).
Good, now, was Torquemada, Calvin... and erm... others, too?
Shown, what to prayer for, apply, or interpret... that is. Re policy, etc.
Or Augustine of Hippo, on assorted, topics - and so forth?
Meantime, I heard... Satan, was a sinner...
And he got, heard... at least, once?
Viz Job.@@briangardner1361
Collin, so you are good with prayer being nothing more than meaningless chatter? Did Jesus pray because He was bored? Didn't have TV to kill spare time?
What our brother Allen did was negate many scriptures including the following two:
Matthew 6:7 But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
James 5:16 Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.
Join me in this prayer. The more that pray it the stronger it gets. Pray God’s will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. Pray God protects and blesses the children. Pray for the truth to be revealed. Pray God lifts the scales from the lukewarm and lost eyes, opens their ears and soften their hearts. Pray God strengthens His children, gives them more discernment, pours more Fire on them and wakes them up. Pray the end times harvest will increase. Pray God exposes the evil people and brings them to justice. Pray for repentance to fall upon and sweep across America 🇺🇸
Amen !!!!
I agree with you in all this !!! Amen
Good prayer! I believe all of that is in the will of God, so very good prayer. When we pray for things in his will, he is sure to answer.
Amen
In Jesus" name, Amen!
I Thank you Jesus, that even in times of need, despair, and brokenness, you are there for me. Please, put your arms around me and my children. I trust you Heavenly Father no matter what. Like many other single parents things are tough on me. Both of my sons are special needs. I’m constantly struggling to provide for them and now that I’m home schooling them my hours to work are limited. I’m overwhelmed. Father God hear my prayers. My faith in you is strong! Even as I constantly struggle to pay my rent. And I constantly struggle to provide groceries for my children. I’m keeping faith. Walking with faith is the most important thing us christian’s can do. That’s why love compassion and prayers are all we truly need. Please keep me and my boys in your prayers. Prayers are all I NEED!
I am agreeing with you in prayer! Philippians 4:19, KJV: "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Amen and 🙏🏽 Amen
Praying for your family right now. We also have struggles in our family and I find this verse comforting: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
Father God, please bless this lady and her children’s too have a abundance life - in Jesus name, and please lord bless her life to be more easy for her too take care of her children’s. And feed them lord amen I 🙏
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I remember studying that chapter in Exodus (32) and thinking the same thing, but I knew He is all-knowing and you can't change His mind. What I came up with is He loves us so much that he doesn't mind involving us at times in his plan. It makes us feel good that we can have "sorta" executive decisions in the outcome all though the outcome was already Written or planned. And in Jonah, he knew the people of Nineveh would repent. Obviously, because God is all-knowing. Also, it helps us exercise our faith.
God knew he was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but he let Abraham (Gen 18) in on what he was going to do. He allowed Abraham to try to "save" this city but he was showing Abraham how wicked that place really was.
And prayers really really work especially if you have the gift of Prayer Intercession you know exactly what I mean. In the book of Daniel 10, you see the angel came to him after his fast and said "I would have been here sooner but I was detained by the prince of Persia" The enemy would try everything in the spiritual realm to not let your prayer go through. SO KEEP PRAYING
0:26: 🙏 This video explores the question of whether our prayers can change God's mind.
3:54: 💡 The video discusses the question of whether our prayers can change God's mind and emphasizes the importance of obedience to the Bible regardless of the outcome.
7:56: 🔄 Theology is important because it helps answer the question of whether God changes his mind based on new information.
11:46: 🙏 Prayer can change God's mind and bring about healing and blessings in one's life.
15:41: 😢 God was grieved by the wickedness of mankind, but it doesn't mean He had second thoughts about creating them.
Recap by Tammy AI
Great word brother Allen! Very well explained. The very moment we can fully comprehend God with our feeble mind, He then stops being God. We don’t need to always know the why behind His actions or commandments, we just need to fully trust Him and obey Him.
There is a difference between a mystery behind God, and a blatant contradiction.
God hasn't determined everything.
He has, through sovereignty, made the decision for us to make choices. And the choice to pray, that prayer is taken into consideration by God before making a decision.
Prayer is powerful because it's influential. It's influential because God's decisions are based partially in our prayers.
This verse came to mind also: “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15). Emphasis on asking "according to His will," His will always being the best outcome...which explains why sometimes our prayers may not be answered the way we want, or even at all, if God knows the answer we want wouldn't be for the best. Great video Allen, I always learn something!
The problem is the ones that day because God said something about riches, then it's his will that your prayer about riches be granted.
You forgot to mention the great theologian, MC Hammerus who blessed us with:
"That's word, we pray (pray, pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today"
The mind of God is unfathomable but I rest assured that He loves me/us. I don't whether our prayers change God's mind but I thank God for the times when He has reassured me that I am truly loved when I have failed or felt totally lost in in this life. Amen. Hallelujah!
Prayer doesn't change the mind of God but it changes us.
Our Heavenly Father is full of mercy and compassion. Glory and Praise to our Lord Jesus
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If Jesus prayed,...that's good enough for me and SHOULD be enough for ALL OF US!!!
Jesus also kept the seventh day Holy as commanded. Yet this channel rejects tis command. If the Sabbath was good enough for Jesus, shouldn't it be good so much more for us? The whole Bible is true, not just what Allen Parr picks and chooses.
The way I look at it as this: God always makes the first move, and we are respondent to Him, however he responds back and reveals Himself when it’s the right time according to Him.
For some victories, we have to prove that we’ll do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. We have to be good to people that are not being good to us. We have to stay in faith when it’s not fair, when it’s taking longer than it should, when it doesn’t look like it’s ever going to work out. How bad do you want what God promised? If you give up easily, you don’t want it bad enough. If you let people discourage you, bad breaks talk you out of it, delays cause you to quit believing, then it’s going to keep you from God’s best.
God loves genuine worships. He loves it when we praises Him. He is delighted when we give Him thanks. When we honor God in every thing we do and say in goodness we worship God.🌹🕊️ God's blessings to you and your ministry 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This was such an interesting topic!! It really was kind of a mind twister😵💫 Most of my prayers have become like ‘thanks for the blessings’ or ‘help me to understand why this bad thing is happening’, ‘forgive me for this or that’. Plenty of things to pray for even if everything is already decided.
As a teenager I had the argument that “whatever happens is supposed to happen, so why do I need to pray?” So glad He has taught me differently since then! How could I have a relationship with Him without speaking to Him?
A much needed video brother! The Lord has truly gifted you in teaching!
You explained it well. I am not confused. I love the way you describe the scriptures you are truly Anointed brother. May Our Lord and Savior bless us with your messages 🙏 thank you Pastor Parr.❤😊
My understanding of this is that God has determined every consequence of every action we take. So He knows that if you deny Him, you will be in hell. Same that if you believe in Him, you will be in heaven. This is also where free will comes in to play. He allows us to make choices. He has already determined the outcome based on our choice and knows our hearts when we make said choice (aka the chances of us going back on our choice if the decision was already weakly/strongly made).
It’s kind of like when you know someone will go back to smoking after they quit, because they weakly choose to quit every weekend. Except on an entirely different level.
So that’s why we should still pray. God knows and has predetermined the consequences if we don’t trust in Him, but He still allows us to make the choice. That, I believe, is why He’s saddened by our choices. He knows what greatness He has set apart for us if we had just made the right choices. But He’s also a just God, so if we make poor choices we will experience the consequences.
Many have found that their greatest comfort comes from leaning on God in prayer and reading comforting passages found in the Bible. "Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort" 2 Corinthians 1:3
We pray to seek His will in all things. Praise be to Him, to God be all the glory!
Through prayer, we make requests, we petition, and offer thanksgiving!
Prayer-communing, partnership, and agreement with the father…
Through prayer we permit the purpose and plans of God to be carried out in our lives in all situations🙌🙌
The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man avails much!!!
Im so happy i chose God. He has good things for me. And others when they choose Him. Its free will.
“We love Him because He first loved us.” “Nobody can come to Me unless the Father first draws him.”
If God is eternal as we know He is, He already knows the past, present, and future for all of us, so our prayers don't actually change His mind because He already knows what we will pray for and when we will pray for it. Prayer is just us acknowledging God in our lives and our need for His help.
But if everything is determined, do we really have free will?
(Matthew 6:9-13)
When you pray.. pray like this .. Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever in JESUS name Amen 🙏🏽
Our GOD determines what happens based on our choices. GOD got it covered either way. Great discussions.
Amen praise God thank you Lord Jesus for your grace and mercy 👏🏾❤️❤️
You truly do have the Holy Spirit Brother Allen. You answered that perfectly. Thank you, and God bless you sir.
This was my struggle for a few years after what I believed God was leading me in was now changed due to my waywardness. I see now that God’s purpose may be the same. Even though seasons in my life will change. This has helped me focus on God’s purpose and plan, including his direction in my life and what it’s purposed for rather than earthly and fleshly changes.
Thank you brother Allen for this!
Alan, your example of the father and daughter with the car was perfect. It really clarifies for our human brains.
I've been praying for 3 months now for a job. I've been sitting at home doing nothing going for interviews and and no results from it but instead they give me one reason or the other telling me i can't get the job, I'm tired and hopeless now,i think God has abandoned me or he isn't listening.
Please pray for me, i hope i come back here to testify soon.
Thank you all
I heard the same question answered by the late RC Sproul in his usual combined theological and philosophical approach but you, Allen Parr, handled the question well and gave the appropriate Scriptures and examples that would buttress the point and answer the question with a biblical answer that - God does not change His mind or repent over something simply because He is God, nothing surprises Him.
All information are known to Him, so that even though at first reading, Moses, Elijah or Hezekiah seems to have triggered God with their prayers to "change "His mind - actually God never changed His mind because He knew they would pray to Him and nothing they prayed for surprised Him at all! Thanks for this enlightening answer to a difficult question, all glory to God🙏
Amen Amen Allen, thanks very much for more explaination about this topic 🙏🙏 May our almighty God continue to bless you
You don’t want God to change his mind either! Imagine if he woke up one day and decided he doesn’t love you. God’s unchanging nature is how we can feel secure in his arms!
This is great! Thank you for continuing to share truths in such thoughtful and simple ways!
This was a really helpful video. My girlfriend asked me a similar question the other day and I told her I’d get back to her. Gonna show her this!
Thank you Pastor Allen this massage of prayer is amazing ❤
This is why we need an advocate. Thank Yah for Jesus ❤
I love these teaching videos with all of the scripture references!! Thank you for taking the time to create them!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Philippians 4:6-7
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
When you understand God's sovereignty, it is challenging to reconcile why He would command us to pray and if our prayers are necessary. This video has been helpful. I appreciated the distinction you made between God's warning and God's purpose and the hypothetical example you gave about warning your child to clean his room. Thank you, Brother Allen!
Thanks! God’s sovereignty is one of His attributes.
I'm glad the Bible tells us plainly that we're just not going to understand how God operates or his plans, because I'm not gonna lie, I don't understand his ways most of the time, and it can be really frustrating. But I keep praying
Who are the FOLLOWERS of the ANTI-CHRISTS?
ANSWER -
All Jehovah's Witnesses, SDAs, Mormons, Catholics, Baptists, Born Again Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and members of all kinds of RELIGIONS in the world who
believe and preach the false teachings and doctrines of their Pastors and Leaders about "Armageddon", "immortality of the souls", "Trinity", "rapture", and "reincarnation" in opposition and rejection of what were written in the Bible,
in Matthew 28: 18, Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26.
Who are the FOLLOWERS of JESUS CHRIST?
ANSWER -
All persons on earth who honor and obey Jesus Christ as their Heavenly Master and King and believe his teachings about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead" in submission and obedience to what were written in Matthew 28: 18, Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26.
What is the Creator's favor and reward for followers of Jesus Christ?
ANSWER -
Eternal Life and existence without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death on a safe, secure, and peaceful earth without liars, immoral and perverts, traitors, and murderers as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4, 8.
How will followers of Jesus Christ live and exist on earth eternally if they just die and turn into worthless and useless dusts on earth?
ANSWER -
All human beings have no immortal souls and will just become worthless and useless dusts on earth after their deaths just like the animals as written in Ecclesiastes 3: 19, 20 and 9: 5, 6
but
all followers of Jesus Christ and worshippers of the Creator
who died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, Naomi, Ruth, King David, Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and many others will not remain as worthless dusts forever,
instead, in the right and proper time and as written in John 11: 25, 26,
Jesus Christ will resurrect them back to life so they can all happily and abundantly live and exist on earth forever as submissive and obedient subjects of the
"KINGDOM of GOD"
and fully enjoy his and the Creator's eternal love, kindness, goodness, compassions, generosities, favors, and blessings for eternity under his loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
I always feel better when I pray mu bro . Thank you for reminder of Jesus and how prayed . Thank you Lord for guiding me to this video. Bless you all . Lots of love
I don’t understand everything, but I do understand that prayer is essential to a life of faith in Jesus.
Thank you kind Pastor, our GOD Almighty Father is oh so merciful and wonderful with all Praise, Honor, and Glory to GOD Almighty in the name of Jesus Christ forevermore. Amen and Amen.
I try to focused on Christ's prayer, "not my will but thine,"
I know His will and plane for me is perfect whether I need discipline nor reward it is all a blessing!
Key is to pray in Faith, and be obedient.
God doesn't owe us explanations.
Romans 3: 10-11
I believe Favor is granted from God through
our faith. We must trust God's timing!
It pleases our Father to give us what we ask for. Just as we rejoice in his goodness to answer our asking. I remember my little son's joy as we gave him. "Zhat’s exzactly what I wanted!!"
Excellent explanation for such a complex relationship with our Father. I believe pray is important to our Father for many reasons mainly to center out thoughts and minds on him.❤
You are the best teacher I've ever come across!!! I've been binge watching your videos since I found your channel.
God NEVER changes His mind, nor does He repent as man does because He can’t. For that to happen, it would mean He is not God. God’s divine, moral character and nature never changes; however, God can relent (or soften His response) when people heed His warnings, repent and change their minds about sin by turning from it and turning to Him. I thank God for your easy to understand teachings. They have blessed me so much! God bless you.
So glad you made this video. I have wondered that a lot lately with the end times we are in. I understood it easily. And I will continue to pray as I don't know how God will handle certain situations or if He is just waiting for us to talk to Him about it. Thank you brother Parr.
Very thorough articulation. Our Father knows how to correct His children. He foreknows when we'll respond to His chastisement. 👍🏼
This is such a humble and wise approach on answering this question. Thank you :)
Our Prayers do not change God's mind, for God is Sovereign and man is not, our Prayers align us with God's Will! God changes our Mind through Prayer! not the other way around, it is God that changes us! from Sin to Repentance, from Death to Life, from Hatred to Love, by drawing us to the feet of Christ. God changes us.
Prayer is about humbling ourselves before God as we go to Him with our requests/petitions/adoration, etc
I really like how you present the word of God Allen. God bless you and you're endeavors.
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To simply put it we pray to keep an open and active Spiritual walk and relationship with God our Father. Additionally our prayers should also be centered around his Will not our own. Lastly remember the 2nd Commandment with the pics you chose Mr.parr
Much love and my God continue to bless your outreach and ministry!
God is the Perfect Father
God knows and has predetermined His actions. We are the ones who don’t know anything either way. Do right, be merciful, and be humble. The more I look at the Lord’s Prayer, the more I see God’s sovereignty at work. The whole prayer centers around us trusting God to do His will and obeying God as He reveals His will. So prayer is an act of trust and obedience. He has predetermined to answer every prayer with a yes if it is according to His will. He has also predetermined to say no to those things that are not His will. Some answers are yes, but not yet. But that waiting is good for us. It stretches our faith and allows us to grow. It is because I know He holds the future that I cry out to God when I don’t understand.
This video was great and just what I needed right now brother Allen. God bless you and your family and keep this great content coming❤️
i'm just trying to keep living, be a good person, and not hate myself or become hopeless. it's all very difficult and tiring
my goodness this video was a true amazing blessing I enjoyed it very much you did a great job on helping us understand gods sovereignty.. God bless You pastor Allen
"Father God, please bless this channel and brother Allen Parr as he serves You through his teaching of Your Word. Thank you. Amen."
Pray for my uncle he's facing liver failure and pancreas swelling. 🙏
I agree, we pray out of obedience, not to change God's mind.
Pray 🙏 for my family members they save but snuggling with things I truly pray mostly the time and read but need peace please pray for us.
Prayer is important it’s how we commune with God and build relationship with him. He speaks back to us and allows us to partner with him when it comes to our lives. Thank you for explaining this topic as it is difficult to understand. I
This was good teaching! Thank you for covering this topic!
Prayer shows humility. That we need an all powerful, all knowing God. That we are nothing without Him. It touches the heart of God. That it is never His will to bring upon judgement to us but a way for us to repent
Appreciate the video! I have always looked at prayer and God’s “mind-changing” as perspective. Just like in physics, if I am traveling in an airplane and look down at the cars, they appear to be driving very slow because of my perspective. If I am standing right next to the highway though, the cars appear to be going very fast.
From our perspective, God changes his mind. From our perspective, God answers prayer. From God’s perspective, he is all-knowing, and does not change his mind. But we are here, living life from a human perspective, not God’s perspective.
Compare to the previous analogy, if I was standing next to the highway, but tried to view the cars from the perspective of the airplane and I walked into traffic, I would probably get hit by a car and die. It is for my own good and safety to look at the world, including God, from the current perspective that I am experiencing.
Praise God that He is in control and we get to have a relationship with Him!!
Thank you sir...some tough questions. Many things don't add up quite right. If it did we would have facts and not faith. Perhaps God gives us enough facts while still maintaining our need to have faith and trusting God for the things we do not know.
Thank you so much for this!! I've been watching videos on YT with people exclaiming that God changes his mind after actually TELLING us something or making a promise. One tried to comment on it several times but some People are adamant that God Spoke specific words to them about promises and marriage... all kinds of things. But then they say it didn't Happen because God changed his mind. I lived hearing your video because it was EVERYTHING I've tried to explain. God knows EVERYTHING and is not caught off guard by ANYTHING. His bless you for this... it's right on time, and i PRAY that it gets into everyone's algorithms so that they can understand this Biblical truth!! GOD BLESS YOU!!😊🙏🏾
I am so glad that you have explained this topic about our All Knowing God Changing His mind. He doesn't because He already knows what our response would be. Another scripture that comes to mind is 2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Good Word..Good Content… Thank you so much Brother Allen…You did a great job explaining and backing up scripture about prayer. As I watched I prayed to God to show me the understanding of the question posed and how does He (GOD) feel about it. As I sat two or more important scriptures came to me. 1) Genesis 2:16,17 where God told Adam not the eat from tree of knowledge of good and evil do not eat from it for if you do eat from it …you will die. What I found interesting was that God did not tell Adam why you shouldn’t eat from it God told Adam the results from eating from this particular tree. Remember also, the prayer time or fellowship with Father God and Adam was no longer in the cool of he day with personal relationship with Father God.. We now through Jesus Christ can have fellowship in the cool of the day and All Night…😊🙌
Adam was supposed to accept what God said without questioning…Why?? Because God knows best.. He is a Good Good Father. As You stated in your message Brother Allen God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts.. we will NEVER “know” The Mind of God because then He would not be God. He owed NO One an explanation… we have to be content Knowing That he instructs us to pray all throughout HIS Word.. he commands that for fellowship. I may not have an understanding why an All Knowing God would command us to pray when he knows the end results of the prayer. Also don’t forget Jesus died on the cross for us to have access to Our Heavenly Father..by the veil was rent in two so that we can now boldly petition the very throne of God
to tell him ALL our concerns and secrets… what a PRIVILEGE!! Hallelujah!!👏👏👏👏Thank You Jesus. So I agree with Brother Allen that this question can be difficult to explain so .. I did the best to explain like Brother Allen. I would like to pose a different aspect of this question: Instead of the question why pray… I ask why NOT pray(talk) with The God of Heaven and Earth… You mean I have access to The One and True Living God just through prayer… Wow….That’s PRICELESS 😊👏🙌👍🫡🙏👊
Thank you so so much. I love your teachings. It's a great addition to my Bible study.
Powerful and good message, it requieres a lot of humility of heart to understand the balance between a person actions and God’s plan. Thanks for your work
There is actually a lot of helpful analogies in this video! Thank you for this
I'm glad you posted this question brother Allen. My sister inlaw and I have been researching this topic for 4 years now 😳. The lord's prayer really sums up what we are asking for, and yes people prayed all through the bible. What are we praying for if God can't be pursuaded and what do we need if he gives us our daily bread 🤔. He knows our name because we serve him and he has plotted out our future and purpose before we where born ( Esau/ Jacob etc.) . So we know we gotta pray but what are we praying for 🤔
Our one and only GOD Almighty is oh so wonderful and Love GOD Almighty beyond measure forevermore. Amen and Amen.
I believe saying changed his mind is called mercy. He is a merciful God. He would rather love and show mercy than condemn. But you dont repent you meet his wrath. Its all up to you to pray and trust in the Lord and his love and mercy. Amen!
For me, this video tells it all.
Thanks a lot; may our lord GOD uphold you the more, AMEN!
I really appreciate your explanations. I appreciate your study, dedication, knowledge of the Bible, theology and God. The only 'but' I have is to add from my own experience.
God wants us to pray; in doing so 'we' learn more about ourselves and God's plan. I'm in my eighth decade and could list all sorts of things, but I'm sure most Christians have realized this and those who haven't, will.
In your initial example, Moses came to grips with who he was and his own loyalties. They were already there, and Moses had to grasp and own it. The Lord already knew it and wanted Moses to get it, which is one of the reasons He didn't drop the information on the Nation itself.
I like your use of the original and sometimes secondary meaning of words in Hebrew. According to Strong's Bible dictionary, the word translated 'repent' also means 'to comfort oneself, ease oneself" which makes more sense in context than 'change one's mind'.
Also, the text of the original revelations and statements of God are made with the limited information of the people at the time. He used phraseology they understood.
University studies have repeatedly shown that praying has no more outcome on events than random chance and in some cases can have a slightly negative outcome. Like praying for someone to get well and they don't and they start to think their god doesn't want them to get well and their condition worsens.
Great video and explanation. Thank you!
For me, Psalm 6 -Crying for mercy. That chapter got me praying.
Amen, our temple bodies are the house of prayer, God is sovereign.
Matthew 6:9-12 👑
“In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
finally a video that answered many of my questions! i´ve been looking for it for a long time
God bless you brother.....the logic of all this is that God knows every posible outcome....this keeps our free will intact....kind of like if this than that... Joshua said it Best... as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. He had a choice as we all do ... we reap What we sow
Beautiful Bro
While working out I have listened often, today hit home. Thank you for being the Lord's vessel to me today 🙏
life has no end. we have to learn to be just like god
This is a question I have struggled with for years. Thank you for addressing it. Bottom line is God commands that we pray. That settles it. I always experience God’s peace and joy after praying. That’s enough.
Hezekiah prayed and prayed and asked God for healing and help and God heard and gave him 15 more years of life.
We pray for relationship purposes,even though God knows all our needs,we don't know His will on our request,so we pray in hope we are praying His will for our lives.