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From: PJS895S@SMSVMA (Pat Shepard)
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Subject: Re: Prayer -- QB
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Date: 12 Feb 90 21:33:52 GMT
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Whether God answered the prayers of those two football players depends mainly
on _why_ they prayed that they could win.  If the reason they prayed to win was
so that they would be famous, or rich, or whatever, then I think God would not
be pleased with their prayer and wouldn't help them.  If (somehow) they prayed
to win because they felt somehow it would glorify God, then God would let them
win _if_ it did indeed do so.  If both prayed to win because it would glorify
God if they did, and (oddly enough) it _would_ glorify God in both cases, then
I don't see that God would need to do anything...He'd be glorified anyhow.
(I think, by the way, it'd be a rare case indeed where praying to win a
football game showed an honest desire to glorify God)
                                                         In His Love,
                                                                Pat