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jcian12
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I was just wondering what makes a prayer be in vain? Does it also deal with vanity? Thanks!
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Dorothy
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The first thing that came to my mind was this type of prayer: “Please, Lord, make me the most beautiful woman in the world.”…or “make me a very rich person”…etc.
If prayers are detrimental to our eternal salvation (not in accord with God’s Holy Will) then they are in vain.
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Trishie
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“Why you do not have what you want is that you do not pray for it; when you pray and don’t get it, it is because you have not prayed properly, you have prayed for something to indulge your own desires.” [James 4:2-3]
For the Lord said: “My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways…Yes, and the heavens are as high above the earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.” [Isaiah 55:8-9]
Isaiah says, “I was thinking: ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted myself for nothing.’ And all the while my cause was with God, my reward with my God.” [Isaiah 49:3-4]
For “the Lord is not being slow to carry out His promises…but He is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.” [2Peter 3:9]
For the Lord said: “My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways…Yes, and the heavens are as high above the earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.” [Isaiah 55:8-9]
Isaiah says, “I was thinking: ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted myself for nothing.’ And all the while my cause was with God, my reward with my God.” [Isaiah 49:3-4]
For “the Lord is not being slow to carry out His promises…but He is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.” [2Peter 3:9]
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jcian12
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Oh, I get it now. Thanks! 
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