Become a patron and listen to every podcast. Today's prayer study focuses on two prayers of King David, inquiries of God by casting lots. What can we learn about prayer?

David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?”

When David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.

These prayer passages are two of the last times that we read of David (or any leader of Israel) “inquiring” of God. The practice of gaining a “yes” or “no” answer from God is coming to an end (at least in the biblical story). 

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