What's the Point of Prayer If God Knows Everything?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
5 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Does prayer make a difference? After all, if God knows everything about us, then why should we bother praying? Kaitlyn helps us understand how prayer is more than listing our requests, but an opportunity to experience relationship with a Father who delights to hear from His kids, reshaping our desires, and drawing us into dependence on Him.
0:00 - Theme Song
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2:50 - What's the Point of Prayer If God Knows Everything?
7:00 - God and Relationship
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16:33 - God Likes Us
21:25 - Prayers Aren't Magic
26:00 - Wanting the Right Things
29:05 - Being With God Daily
34:37 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense. |
| 0:04.9 | Each week, we will hear a kid question about God, theology, or the Bible, and find a scholar who can answer it. |
| 0:12.6 | I don't know. |
| 0:16.1 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 0:19.1 | What? |
| 0:20.5 | Curiously. |
| 0:22.1 | Hey. |
| 0:22.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.0 | Hey, parents and kids. |
| 0:27.9 | Are you looking for a way to get more of God's word into your day without more screen time? |
| 0:33.7 | Dwell Bible is perfect for this. |
| 0:35.8 | You've heard me talk about it before, and you know how much I love that they have listening options like the Jesus Storybook Bible and the biggest story Bible storybook. Now Dwell has something really special for this Advent season. Starting November 30th, Dwell Kids will feature an Advent devotional plan called Prepare the Way. This new listening plan brings |
| 0:55.3 | the story of Jesus's birth to life in a way kids can easily follow and enjoy. Prepare the Way is a daily |
| 1:01.7 | devotional that is perfect for family car rides, morning reflection time, or whatever devotional |
| 1:06.8 | rhythms you already have in place. So if you're ready to bring the hope and excitement of |
| 1:11.8 | Advent into your family's routine, head over to dwellbibble.com slash curiously and get started |
| 1:18.9 | today. Again, that's dwellbible.com slash curiously. Link is in the show notes. Welcome back to Curiously, Caitlin. I am here once again |
| 1:30.1 | with producer Mike. Mike, how are you? I'm great. Caitlin, it's Thanksgiving this week. Thanksgiving |
| 1:35.3 | this week. Yeah, any big plans? I'm going to see my parents in D.C. I think, honestly, I love a lot of |
| 1:42.4 | Thanksgiving food, but my favorite thing, and this is only in the last few years we've started doing this, the morning of Thanksgiving, we make pumpkin waffles with candied pecans and real homemade whipped cream and maple syrup. |
| 1:56.3 | And honestly, that could be Thanksgiving dinner for me. |
| 1:58.4 | It's so good. |
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