I have not prayed for Satan because God says so, but I get confused why ? We pray all the time for the bad people to become good. So why aren’t we allowed to pray ol mate himself to come good?
It gets so confusing. Probably because I am only human .
I don't know of anywhere in the bible that says to pray for satan as his fate is sealed. Just remember that it was his choice.
I think I can relate to your dilemma though in a sense. Like I used to wonder how he can go about like a roaring lion looking to kill, steal, and destroy. I mean how can something be that bad. It blows the human mind.
I always go to God and ask Him directly when it comes to these things that I have trouble understanding, and He's been great at sharing with me.
So after asking him about the devil, not long afterward I had this dream that I do believe was from Him.
In real life I knew a young lady that dabbled in wicca. In my dream she walked in and I went to say hi when I sensed this evil presence emanating out of her that caused me to pause. Two other ladies came beside her, one stood to the left of her, the other to the right. I felt evil eminating out of them too, but it was stronger in her.
Now here is the thing. I knew that these evil entities wanted to hurt me, especially the one in her, and it would get much pleasure out of hurting me. I then woke from the dream. Upon waking I understood that, but I still felt I didn't fully get it, and within I understood that I would never fully get it because I will never be in that position.
But as time went on, more understanding did come. Satan has no light. There is nothing good in him. He is what one would call totally depraved. He's like someone that is totally depraved and empty and on the constant quest to fill up. That gives him pleasure, to do evil as there is no good in him, but his thirst is never fully quenched.
That's how I see God has revealed it to me and I get it now and have no issues with it, even if on a personal level I may not fully get it.
Even fallen man is not totally depraved in the sense that he has some knowledge of God within his conscience, and the bible does say that God's Spirit is at work hindering evil from fully flourishing in the world ... of now ...
So my suggestion is ask God about it, or any other thing that you may have an issue with, just know sometimes He answers us by showing us what we are like apart from his hand in our lives, so you have to be prepared for the answer.
But He loves that we take these things to Him because He does want to reveal Himself and his ways to us.
