27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.” Exodus 9
Pharaoh was so close! He recognized that he had sinned and that God was in control. He even agreed to let the Israelites go with Moses, without conditions. Granted, he then retracts those statements when the hail stops, but he still missed the mark with his earlier statements.
Pharaoh didn't pray to God for forgiveness. He tells Moses to do so. It's unclear as to his motivations for asking Moses to pray to God for him. The point is, we are called on to have personal relationships with God. He wants to know us, his children, and he wants us to know him, our Father.
Now, I'm not saying we should never ask our family, friends, and brothers and sisters through Christ to not pray for us. There is absolutely power in prayer, and it should be encouraged that we are praying for one another. However, we should not rely solely on the prayers of others to be our only communication with God. So any time you ask others for prayer, whether it be in person, through an email request, or on your attendance sheet at your church, make sure that you too are praying for your needs.
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