John Mullally
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There are two poles: At one end there are those who say we know God's will by what happens and at the other end there are those, like myself, who see God's complete willingness to help, but many failures attributed to man (such as lack of faith, prayer, etc). Probably, most Christians try to straddle the middle, but that has its own problems.My thoughts about this are that God has decided for us to pray to Him and through our prayer intervene in the world. But I don't think God is bound to our prayers, but He does want us to pray for Him to act. Even so He acts the way He decides in each situation, sometimes without prayer and sometimes because of prayer. Some things He just won't do unless we pray.
Here is a good clue. In Jesus time, how many people did Jesus say to that it was not God's will to heal them. And to how many who did recover, did He say "be it done unto you as you have believed", "your faith has made you whole", "do not doubt", "I am willing", etc. Remember also, Jesus says if you have seen me, you have seen the Father.
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