Not because we want something...but that we want to know...? That's rather brilliantr, HD, to not want and want all in one breath.
Yous selectively cut and distorted the rest of my sentence which said that "we pray because we want something even if it is simply to be heard or acknowledged".
Who says you are entitled or able to know what the Father's will is for us? As a Reformed Christian you believe that whatever you do is the Father's will 24/7/365 (as we have no free will of our own), so how can you talk about you "wanting" to know what His will is for you? Robots don't want, HD.
Christ gave us one Prayer and He said "this is how we should pray." That prayer blesses God's name, establishes complete submission to God's will, petitions God to give us bread, to forgive us when we have forgiven others, and not to lead us into temptation [which is an interesting and provocaive verse if you think about it!], but to rescue us from the Evil One [which is also an interesting cocnept vis-a-vis Protestant concept of 'salvation"].
Do you want the Father to hear you or do you want to hear the Father?
As a Reformed Christian you believe that whatever you do is the Father's will 24/7/365 (as we have no free will of our own), so how can you talk about you "wanting" to know what His will is for you? Robots don't want, HD.
Because I would rather have most of my prayers being answered than having them being rejected. It would illustrate to me that I must have serious problems.
We are robot...we will obey...