Prayer

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Matthew 7:7f

Perhaps the most basic reason why many find it hard to believe in the efficacy of prayer is that often prayers don't seem to be answered. In such a case, it may be that we have not prayed very well. If we routinely mouth a formula, it is not prayer at all. If we pray without trust in God, our prayer will not be heard; for tuust is the essence of prayer. But even if our prayer is all that iit should be, the answer to it may not be evident. God always answers sincere prayer but not always in the way that we anticipate. He answers according to his own wisdom; Those who pray in humility and faith ofter receive very litteral and obvious answers.
A more subtle reason why some do not believe in the power of prayer is the modern reluctance to believe that God intervenes to alter the course of Nature
The Lord of nature can arange that nature itself, by its own workings, provide what we request.