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I have always wondered about the time we experience here and how it compares with the Lords time, for example if a million people pray all at once how's does he hear all those prayers?, how does he decide which prayers to answer and which prayers not to? etc
It is mind boggling to me
Has anyone else had the same thought?

I don't believe the Lord is bound by one way linear time as we are. If He chose to, He could spend every moment of my life with me, every moment of your life with you, and repeat for every other human who has lived or will live.

I really want to know how the decision is made regarding what prayers to answer and which to disregard. Sometimes I feel like the more important something is to me, the less likely prayers for that are to be answered. And I know people who seem to have every prayerful request granted. Why?

brianj wrote: ↑July 12th, 2018, 8:23 pm I really want to know how the decision is made regarding what prayers to answer and which to disregard. Sometimes I feel like the more important something is to me, the less likely prayers for that are to be answered. And I know people who seem to have every prayerful request granted. Why?

I have experienced both rapid and amazingly direct answers and silence. Most often that silence is really a delay rather than a non answer. I have received answers to things months to years after asking. Usually I'm just impatient.

Why? The best answer I have for you is the same answer I received when I asked 'why' recently in regards to some rather excruciating trials. 'It is necessary for it to be this way' was my response.