All of us have questions about prayer. Why pray if God already knows what we’re going to say? Why pray if God has already ordained all that comes to pass? Wouldn’t what we prayed for have happened anyway? Can prayer change the mind of God? Why do we need to pray for something more than once? These and other questions call for biblically informed answers in keeping with the whole counsel of God on the topic. We need to hear from God on the subject of speaking to him. At its simplest, we just pray,