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NASB | Jonah 3:10 ¶ When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jonah 3:10 ¶ When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God [had compassion and] relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. |
Bible Question: If God already knows beginning to end, how does prayer change his mind? Or does it? What would be the purpose he already knows how it turns out? |
Bible Answer: Hello Montana mom, Keep in mind, God does not change, He's Immutable. "For I, the LORD, do not change"( Mal. 3:6) Our prayer doesn't change His mind. I like what Oswald Chambers says about prayer in his book, "If Ye Ask"- 'It is not so true that “Prayer changes things” as that prayer changes me, and then I change things; consequently we must not ask God to do what He has created us to do. For instance, Jesus Christ is not a social reformer; He came to alter us first, and if there is any social reform to be done on earth, we must do it. God has so constituted things that prayer on the basis of Redemption alters the way a man looks at things. Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a man’s disposition. When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different' I hope this helps, BradK |
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