If God already knows everything anyway - everything we want, everything we need, everything we are inclined to praise Him for - why bother? What good does it do?
The answer to this question comes in two parts (one today and one tomorrow), and the first part is not very satisfying for many people: God told us to pray even though He already knows everything! So whether it's for our good (for some reason) or for His good (which would also be our good), we pray because He told us to pray!
St. Paul acknowledged and passed on this command to us in Ephesians 6:16-18: "In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, ..."
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