[Confident Series] Confidence In PrayerNäide

Pray by Faith

Prayer is powerful. It can literally move mountains. That is exactly what Jesus said to His disciples will happen when a believer prays with faith: such a person can tell the mountain to move into the sea, and it will happen. Christ promised us that we will receive whatever we ask for in prayer, as long as we believe. The Lord explained that it glorifies the Father to answer our prayers. So, what can we receive in prayer? Anything we believe that we will receive.

In other words, our faith is the only condition to our prayer. We should never base our prayer on the circumstances around us, but on the power and the character of God. That is why the Scripture tells us that we walk by faith, not by sight. When we pray for difficult situations, we should not be discouraged by what we see. Sometimes, the answer might take longer to come than we expect. We need to persevere in prayer. Jesus spoke about this in the Gospels. He said that at times we need to pray about something persistently, day and night, because God will answer us as long as we do not lose faith.

What can we pray about persistently? Anything consistent with the character and the will of God. The Scripture also warns us that we can pray amiss if our prayer is motivated by selfish ambition. Prayers about us winning the lottery, so that others would envy our fortune, or about a coworker getting fired, because we are mad at them, fall into such category. In cases like these, our requests contradict God’s character. When we pray, we need to surrender our will to God’s. Then, we will discover what His good, pleasing, and perfect will is for us and our circumstances.

Even Jesus had to submit His will to the Father’s will in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Christ knew how much He would suffer on the cross. He was honest with the Father and asked Him if the cup of suffering could possibly be taken away from Him. Christ concluded His prayer, however, saying, “Not My will, but Yours be done.” When we submit our will to the Father’s will, we can experience the immense power of prayer. A righteous person’s prayer is powerful because it reflects the will and the heart of the Almighty God. Nothing is impossible for such prayer. 

This reading plan is based on the Confident Series preached by Pastor Gregg Matte. To watch the whole sermon this plan was taken from, please follow this link:  Click Here