IRT: [color:blue]I must admit that it sometimes feels odd that I'm praying for someone's salvation, when I know that God has already selected or not selected that person for salvation.<br></font color=blue><br><br>...praying for someone's salvation in the Calvinistic model is no different than in the Arminian model. In both cases, God knows all things down to the minutest detail. And since He is unchangeable....those whom God has always known will be saved....will in fact be saved. <br><br>So, do our prayers REALLY change anything? Can we change God's mind with prayer? (Would we ever WANT to?...NO WAY!!) <br><br>No...but they are still used as God's eternal means for effecting His desired, immutable, eternal, and holy will. <br><br>Will an Arminian dare say he/she can thwart what God ALREADY knows will happen with prayer?<br><br>Blessings,