This week we're continuing our series on Difficult Questions, and we're tackling the question "Does Prayer Really Work?" this week. In my study this week, I read the interesting quote below from C. S. Lewis in his book Miracles:
"The impossibility of empirical proof is a spiritual necessity. A man who knew empirically that an event had been caused by his prayer would feel like a magician. His head would turn and his heart would be corrupted. The Christian is not to ask whether this or that event happened because of a prayer. He is rather to believe that all events without exception are answers to prayer in the sense that whether they are grantings or refusals the prayers of all concerned and their needs have all been taken into account. All prayers are heard, though not all prayers are granted."
What do you think of this quote by Lewis? Is the lack of empirical proof a spiritual necessity for us? Does this lack move us toward faith or away from it? I'd love to hear your thoughts as I prepare to teach on prayer this weekend.
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