The answer is no. The Lord himself has said, “I am God Almighty” (Genesis 17:1).
“When we pray to El Shadday, we invoke the name of the one for whom nothing is impossible.”*
*Ann Spangler, Praying the Names of God, p. 40.
“The enemies of the Protestant cause dreaded the prayers of Knox more than they feared the armies of ten thousand men.”
Charles H. Spurgeon, Spurgeon’s Lectures to his Students, p. 44.
Prayer is humble when we tell God how small we are and how BIG He is.
Prayer is secret when no one else knows you’re talking to God.
Prayer is service when we struggle for a friend’s need.
“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (2 Chronicles 20:12).
The battle is not yours, but God’s (2 Chronicles 20:15).
Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord (Lamentations 2:19).
We can pray even when we don’t know what to say.
He prayed, “with so much reverence, as if he were speaking to God, yet with so much confidence as if he were speaking to his friend.”*
*David Otis Fuller, D.D., Spurgeon’s Lectures to His Students, p. 43.
No purpose of God’s can be thwarted (from Job 42:2).
Pray like this: Your will be done (Matthew 6:10).
