The Point of Prayer Isn't Getting What You Want!

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist Sunday, April 10, 2016

Christians must change their perspective to understand that the purpose of prayer is not to fulfill wishes, but rather to glorify God, the pastor of one of the largest churches in America said recently.

In his series "Twisted," Pastor Craig Groeschel, who oversees the multi-site Life.Church, takes on one the most misinterpreted verses of the Bible, focusing on John 14:13 which reads: "And I will do whatever you ask in my name so that the father may be glorified in the son."

Groeschel tells the congregation that because this verse is so frequently misinterpreted, it is one of the top reasons he sees people turn away from God and the church, because they believe their prayers have not been answered and that God has abandoned them.

"There is a much different purpose for our prayers than what many of us often realize," Groeschel says.
"The reason God answers prayers is not so that our life would be better, so that we could have more money and you could have the kitchen you've always dreamed of," the pastor continues, pointing to the latter half of the verse that reads: "[…] so that the father may be glorified in the son."