Certain things will happen in history if we pray rightly. We are to change the world by prayer. What more motivation do we need to learn this loftiest human exercise?
The apostle Paul gladly announces that we are “co-laborers with God”; that is, we are working with God to determine the outcome of events (1 Cor. 3:9) It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe not the Bible.
Richard J. Foster in his book, Celebration of Discipline, the path to Spiritual Growth.