Praying for small things

Should we pray for small inconsequential things too or just for big things?

God wants us to pray for all things big and small and is offended if we don’t.  His powers are not limited by time or space and He can take care of everyone’s requests.

For example you lost your keys somewhere and can’t find them.  After looking for them everywhere and trying to figure out where they could be, you start getting desperate and think whether you should ask God to help you find them.

Since you are desperate and losing hope, you will have real earnestness in your prayer and God always listens to people when they are in need.

You will find your keys where you least expected them to be.

Who answers the distressed person when he calls upon Him?

Prayer vs medicine

Some people ask why use medicine when prayer heals.  First of all prayer heals a lot of spiritual ills.  Secondly God wants us to use the faculties and resources He has already provided us and then ask for His help.  If we are not using what He has already given us, it doesn’t make sense to ask for more.  He wants us to make the maximum effort we can and then ask Him to make those efforts fruitful and beneficial.

There is no conflict between prayer and science.  Science describes the facts we have discovered about this world.  Prayer goes beyond science.

Science is limited by our God given faculties and effort and time.  Prayer is limited by nothing, just like God Himself.