Do we pray just to satisfy ourselves and to say that we prayed, or do we pray to demonstrate the power of God, to know and express His will? That's an important question.
Prayer that humbly seeks God, that yields to what He is and what He does, is prayer that transforms us and heals. As our prayer brings thought in line with God and expresses the purity, love, integrity, and so on that characterize the divine nature, the natural result is that our life is also in line with God. This follows from Christ Jesus' counsel "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 6:33.
What if we feel our life isn't in line with God, and we're struggling with an unresolved difficulty, one that just doesn't seem to be yielding to prayer? Why does it appear that there is no resolution? One answer could be because of the belief in cruel creeds. See Mary Baker Eddy, Poems, p. 29 .
