I believe it's Satan's way of confusing baby believers and even non-believers into thinking that God works for anyone who claims to pray.
The fact is that God does not hear the prayers of the unsaved. He only hears the prayers of believers and only if they pray in His will.
The unsaved, heathens do pray, they think their mere words have power, as long as they say something, it will come true. This is the power of the mind that Robert Schuller taught as well as Norman Vincent Peale.
Matthew 6:7-8 "7 And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.…"
Psalm 66:18, "If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear."
Proverbs 1:28-29, “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, 29 Because they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the Lord."
Our culture uses the mantra, "we are praying for you" as a greeting, they probably never really pray, they just say so to be kind.
Isaiah 59:2 "But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear."
When a country begins using "prayer" as a greeting rather than actually addressing the One True God, we are no longer a country that honors Christ, but a pagan nation with pagan practices.
I would be tempted to respond to an unbeliever who says they will pray for me, with this; "please do not bother to pray, Christ does not hear those who do not belong to Him."
It is hard for me to accept the phrase, "we are praying for you" when it comes from those who do not love God and often are hostile to Him and His principles.
Romans 1:21 "1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened."
Proverbs 28:9-10 "9 He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. 10 He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.…"
The only prayer of the unsaved that God will hear is the prayer of repentance to become born again.
Acts 3:19-20
"19 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,"
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