If we are to be close to God, we must first be dominated by Him. This means giving up all efforts to control Him and recognizing He owes us nothing, answers to no one, and lives above His own Law. God gets to break His own rules. He gets to change His mind. He gets to change course or covenant anytime He wants to. He created this universe out of nothing and can uncreate it anytime. He takes no orders from us. So is it ever appropriate for us to tell Him what to do? No. We all do, of course. Most Christians will spend their whole lives praying directive prayers like “God heal my mother, God comfort my friend, God help those people.”