Does Prayer Change God? - message 10/30/05

It's one thing to believe that God listens to our prayers-- it's a whole other thing to believe that they actually move Him to act & intervene in the natural events of our daily lives. How do we reconcile the two views of God presented by Scripture? On the one hand, we rely on the trustworthy, immutable Sovereign of the universe ("I the LORD do not change" Malachi 3.6). On the other hand, we long for a responsive God who allows himself to be impacted by human petitions ("My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused" Hosea 11.8). Do our prayers really make a difference to God? Listen in as Pastor Tim shares a sermonic adaptation of an original article by Philip Yancey entitled "Does Prayer Change God?"