The Prayer of Faith

Job 6-8; Acts 12 

“So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him…‘Peter is at the door!’ ‘You’re out of your mind,’ they told her…”

Acts 12:5, 14, 15

Why is it that we can pray earnestly for God to intervene in situations; yet when God answers that prayer, we fail to believe that it was his intervention that changed the situation?

We pray for God’s healing, for employment, for reconciliation, for direction, and so many other things, but when we pray do we pray with faith believing?

Without faith it is impossible to please God. We must engage our hearts and our wills in full surrender to God before faith will change how we pray. The prayers of faith appear to the unconverted mind as the delusions of someone “out of their mind”. That is precisely the point. Faith in God and in his promises is not rooted in the mind, but in the heart. We can believe God for the transformation of communities and peoples, and pray audacious prayers, because we know God’s heart is to reach and transform those peoples. Impossible becomes possible in the dimension of faith.

“Lord Jesus, thank you that you are teaching me faith, and giving me faith-filled prayers, for your glory.”