Several months back I came across a book on prayer that I found troubling. The author stated that the purpose of prayer was to get answers. The author never mentioned that God might say no or not yet to our requests. Instead, as imagined by this writer, the goal of prayer was to get God to say yes to our petitions. I wish I could say I’m better than the author of that book, but I can’t. I have more in common with Simon the Sorcerer than I might care to admit (Acts 8:14–14), and here’s why . . . . [read more]
