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So what if they pray? Does God need a hair-splitting technical prayer to hear what these people are asking for? Why do you think they are praying for cheaper gas prices? Maybe they running low in their bank account, struggling to make ends-meet. The heart of their prayer even though the language may sound ridiculous to a man like yourself, is that they need help. Maybe they are signing petitions and proactively and politically striving to lower the prices. Do you know what that particular church's entire strategic endeavors were?
Andrew, Andrew, Andrew! You clearly don't understand the power of prayer, or how it works.
When praying, you have to pray for one of the following:
1. Something that's likely to happen anyway (eg. gas prices will inevitably fluctuate, and thus any "reduction" -- no matter how short-lived -- is a positive answer to prayer)
2. Something that's possible, while giving God an "out" (eg. "Please Lord, heal Brother Bob, but if you don't, give us the strength to go on without him.")
3. Something that's impossible, but clearly blaming the victim if it doesn't happen (eg. "Lord, we know that we're sinners and do not deserve your blessings, but we'd sure like to win the lottery and, um, carry on your good work with the money...")
Personally, I'm praying that God strikes you down for lack of faith, but I'll settle for a lot more excellent How the World Works installments, because I know how God likes to "test" the faithful...
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