Is this a prideful statement

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:“I prayed for something i must get it.” The statement was said after the prayer was answered
 
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What makes you think this?

Isn’t the very act of prayer (IE talking to a being higher than yourself) an act of humility, the antithesis of pride?
 
JCServant01 said:
:“I prayed for something i must get it.” The statement was said after the prayer was answered
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Was this statement intended to say that one is entitled to getting the things one prays for?
I don’t think I’d describe that as “prideful” so much as “presumptuous”. Also factually incorrect.
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What makes you think this?

Isn’t the very act of prayer (IE talking to a being higher than yourself) an act of humility, the antithesis of pride?
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I don’t think the OP is talking about the act of prayer so much as the statement that was made about the prayer.
 
to me it does come across as a sense of entitlement but more importantly makes no sense if he already got it
 
It sounds presumptuous, at least. God is not a gumball machine…put in a prayer and out pops the candy (answers). Praying is about aligning our will with the will of God. “Not my will, but Thy will be done.” Trust that God knows what is best for you.
 
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“I prayed for something i must get it.” The statement was said after the prayer was answered
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Well, it is clueless. Anyone who believes this must not have asked for anything except “thy will be done.” No one can possibly believe that “competent” prayer guarantees that the praying soul’s will will be done instead of God’s! (How could prayer possibly lead to such a conclusion, anyway?)

No one ought to need more proof of this than the prayer of Our Lord in Gethsemane.
 
Instead I just say “not my will, but Your’s be done o Lord.” So I guess that’s kind of prideful considering the fact that we shouldn’t put our own wants in front of God’s.
 
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