Church services always include prayers which are led either by the vicar or a member of the congregation. I am not thinking here of formal prayers in the BCP such as the General Confession. Intercessions are often spoken by a lay person and such people have usually looked at the news to see what they should pray for.
Now, one school of thought says that God does not intervene in our lives so prayer could be a bit pointless. Also Jesus said that God knows what we want before we ask for it.
It seemed to me to be a bit odd, in the recent heatwave the UK has had (weather warnings issued), to ask God to make sure that people drank enough water.
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