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Written by Nick Harrison, a contemporary author. This is an excerpt from his book “Magnificent Prayer.”

Pascal answered his own question [Why has God established prayer?] by maintaining that God wants to “communicate to His creatures the dignity of causality.” In other words, He wants us to enjoy a taste of what it’s like to be a creator. By praying for what God puts on our hearts, we actually see something come into being that wasn’t there before. Perhaps it’s restored health, a mate, a child, a job, or some other such need. By being made in God’s image, we, like Him, enjoy watching things happen through our “causality.” And although prayer causes God to bring about our answer, we still see how God has given us a part in ushering it into being. Has God given you something to create through prayer?

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them. [Genesis 1:27]