THE PRAYER OF FAITH ...MAYBE, MAYBE NOT

THE PRAYER OF FAITH ...MAYBE, MAYBE NOT

Very few western believers pray the prayer of faith even though they are convinced they are. There are many prayers that are sincere and sound wonderful but they are not the prayer of faith! Many heavy duty prayers sound like faith but they fall short. There's the prayer of fear, "Oh God in I don't want to die, heal me in Jesus name" is prayed thousands of times while being gripped by the fear of death, even to the point of being paralyzed. There's the beggars prayer, "please God, please I'm pleading with you Father". There's the indecisive prayer, "if it be your will oh God, set this one free". There's the threatening prayer, "Lord if you don't do this I just can't go on". There's the deal or no deal prayer, "Lord if you will get me out of this, I will serve you the rest of my life." It could be an angry demanding prayer, "Lord I'm sick of this, I need you to do something now". Then there's the you owe me prayer, "Lord you see how I have served you, now Father I need you to come through for me". Finally there's the more familiar prayer of lust, that I told you I would not answer! James 4:3 KJV

But it's "the prayer that is of faith that will save him who is sick, and I will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." James 5:15 The prayer of faith is the prayer of absolute confidence that I will answer! The prayer of faith is an absolute doubt free prayer, "if you have faith, and DOUBT NOT, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea; it shall be done.  Matthew 21:21
 So does that mean I will never answer the other prayers, no, but you will not know until it happens because, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Romans 9:15 The deeper understanding of My love you have, the more you will be able to pray the prayer of faith and hit the mark every time. Spend more time loving Me and watch the difference. If you are ever surprised when I answer, it was not the prayer of faith that you prayed!