we have to pray becuase since adam who God gave him dominion and told him to tend and keep the earth fell, and gave dominion of this realm to the devil, God needs an intercessor.
to interceed does not mean to pray.
intercession is not prayer.
prayer is intercession.
to interceed means to go between to people and bring them together.
intercession isnt prayer, but prayer interceeds between man and God. understand? and throughout the bible, the bible says God needs an intercessor.
God told us in the book of James, "you have not, becuase you ask not"
just becuase something is Gods will, DOES NOT MEAN it will take place. if you dont pray IT WONT. thats why terrible things like 9-11 happen, and thats why the bible say God wills for all to be saved, but people go to hell everyday.
thats why jesus taught us to pray and told us to say things like " your will be done, your kingdom come" or else they wouldnt be done, and it wouldnt come.
i could write for a long time about this and give example after example, but if you dont pray and ask God, he cant do what he wants in your life. PRAYER IS THE UMBILICAL CORD BETWEEN YOU AND GOD IN A WORLD OF SIN. like between a mother and baby in the womb.
you have not, not becuase its not Gods will, but becuase you havent asked.
you must pray becuase without prayer, God cant move in your life, and he cant come move in this sin stained world. he needs an intercessor, to pray and bring earth and God together.
one quick proof,
in psalm chapter 2 we see an old testament prophecy of Jesus.
God is speaking about something yet to happen and says
"thou art my Son, this day i have begotten thee... ASK OF ME and i shall give thee..."
its clearly and old testament description and picture of the new testament relationship of Jesus and the Father. and the Father told Jesus that he had TO ASK.
if Jesus had to ask, then we must also.
