Colossians 4:2
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.
We are not commanded here to participate in some vain exercise. Yet we cannot presume that our feeble prayers have a magic power to change the mind of Him who works all things after the counsel of His own will.
Don’t go there. The sacred scriptures teach us that God is sovereign. But they also command us to pray, and to pray earnestly. God alone knows how it all works together.
