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I'm finding/looking for my faith. I'm looking for Christ, but have not found him, at least not in the sense of the divine spark to make me believe. That being said, please share with me your thoughts on my question, without judging me for not yet finding grace.

As I look more into Christianity, to my understanding, God is outside of time and space. He knows all that has been and will be. He knows what we will choose and why we chose it.

I don't think that takes away from our free will, it only means that He already knows what we have chosen before we chose it.

How does that effect prayer? Does it diminish praying for a specific outcome, or complement it?

I feel conflicted on praying for something specific. Is my I asking for intervention asking for something that was, is, and already will be? Am I really asking at that point, is it just a gesture?

I'm finding/looking for my faith. I'm looking for Christ, but have not found him, at least not in the sense of the divine spark to make me believe. That being said, please share with me your thoughts on my question, without judging me for not yet finding grace. As I look more into Christianity, to my understanding, God is outside of time and space. He knows all that has been and will be. He knows what we will choose and why we chose it. I don't think that takes away from our free will, it only means that He already knows what we have chosen before we chose it. How does that effect prayer? Does it diminish praying for a specific outcome, or complement it? I feel conflicted on praying for something specific. Is my I asking for intervention asking for something that was, is, and already will be? Am I really asking at that point, is it just a gesture?

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Thank you. I thought God did know Lucifer would betray him, and chose to allow it?

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He never knew it would lead to such chaos, or yet He wouldnt need to banish him nor give Saint Michael his sword. If He knew his most trusted angel would betray Him, Hed never make him.

He gave free will to Lucifer so he would choose He allowed it only to prove that even in the worst of wars, there is still a greater good, on a long enough timeline, that will be taken from it that weights heavier than the evils. Free will exists, and God knows of all outcomes from all choices made. He does not know your own choices in the same way we believe we can predict things, its more of a gutural instinct of knowing what will happen by seeing it happen zillions of times; He knows what are the consequences of all actions and choices, to a T, in an exact way, but knowing what we think is more like an instinctive way than exact. God will read all your intents, desires, wishes, and thoughts, but not in the same way you know how to think these things; after all, we are not God and cannot think like He does; and He does it for the entire universe, at the same time...