Question:  Dear Greg,

            I’ve often heard that you must be persistent in your prayers to God.  But when is enough, enough?  When does prayer just become “nagging”?  Does God really need us to keep asking the same thing over and over again?

            Christine

Answer:  Dear Christine,

            Persistence in our prayers to God is not for God’s benefit—it is for our own.  We do not pray in order to change or influence God, but so that God can change and influence us.  We are in need of help, not God.  God does not need us to ask for the same thing over and over again—whether we do is open to debate.

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht