“Why should I pray if God already knows what will happen?”
Before we begin, I should point out that knowing what will happen is not the same as wanting it to happen, nor is it the same
as making it happen. In fact, some people even argue that God does not know absolutely everything that will
happen. I’m not one of them, so we won’t waste a lot of time considering that
possibility.
Nevertheless, the distinction between God knowing and God causing
is worth keeping clear in our minds when we talk about prayer.