No we cannot persuade God. God is unmovable. But God still desires that we petition him because he loves us and wants to hear our prayers. The petitioning itself is of value regardless of the outcome, as it draws us out of ourselves.
God is also outside of time. Our concept of trying to change someone’s will and move them to our desired result assumes a being whose will is bound by a linear movement of time.
Change requires different points in time, no? Yesterday I wanted “x”, today I am persuaded to want “z”. God is not bound by the present moment or the next moment, he sees all times at once. So by definition he is not changeable.
God simply is…He self-identifies as “I Am”.
