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Margaret watched as her mother prayed for the help that her poor family desperately needed. Despite those prayers, the family's poverty remained. Margaret concluded that prayer does no good.

Now, decades later, Margaret is an atheist. "It seemed to me that if prayer really worked, "she said, "it would have much more effect." Margaret misinterpreted her mother's prayers to be a test for God.

Prayer is not a trial balloon we send up to see if God is there. God's existence is not being put to the test when we pray. We don't make requests of Him to see if He is real. When we pray, we are showing God that we trust Him, that we have faith in Him and that we are willing to accept His will in our lives.


Pray to get to know God,
not just to get things from God.


Our Daily Bread

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