Prayer is a privilege and a responsibility but we all have questions about how prayer really "works" as God uses it for his purposes and glory.

Why pray if God already knows what you're going to say? Why pray if God has already ordained all that comes to pass? Wouldn't what you prayed for have happened anyway? Can prayer change the mind of God? Why do we need to pray for something more than once? These and other questions call for a biblically-informed answer in keeping with the whole counsel of God on the topic. We need to hear from God on the subject of speaking to him. At its simplest, we just pray, talking to our God in the intimacy of our reconciled relationship in Jesus Christ. But a grounded, balanced and comprehensive knowledge of scriptural teaching on prayer will serve to enrich our prayer lives, to embolden us in expectation through our faith-fueled utterances, and to establish us in the hand our God to the advancement of his kingdom and glory of his name.