God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking. We need to wrestle with knowing our needs, wants and desires in Christ free from the pull of the secular world in which we find ourselves.
An omniscient God must know what we desire before we ask. God knows that what we really need most is reliance on Him. And how do we develop reliance? Like most other things, by practicing.
If it weren’t for the need to remind ourselves daily or hourly that all power flows from our Creator, we could just say a quick prayer at the beginning of each week, or each year, and be done with it. Surely God would fill our requests a year ahead of time. But getting our wishes granted isn’t the purpose of prayer. Getting to know God is the purpose. I need to be in touch with my Creator every hour of the day.
Prayer for the Church:
Let’s pray St Augustine’s prayer for all Christian’s to love without measure.
Scattered about the entire earth, your mother the Church is tormented by the assaults of error. She is also afflicted by the laziness and indifference of so many of the children she carries around in her bosom as well as by the sight of so many of her members growing cold, while she becomes less able to help her little ones. Who then will give her the necessary help she cries for if not her children and other members to whose number you belong. Amen
Smitten With Goodness 