Pray with Confidence
Our verse for today is John 11:41.
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
At a graveside near Jerusalem, Jesus prays, calling someone to rise from the dead. Our verse is the beginning of that event. I want you to notice the tense of the verb. As he prays for something to happen, he prays as though it is already done!
After that prayer, he cries out, “Lazarus, come forth.”
The Bible says that he cried out “with a loud voice.” He didn’t say things quietly or mumble. He made sure that everyone heard his prayer!
Now, that is confidence. Effective prayer must be prayed with confidence and boldness. Pray with confidence not just in public but also in the quiet place in your house. Believe that God hears your prayer. When you have done this, your prayers will become more regular, faithful, and comforting.
Like a hungry child to his rich father, we welcome the chance to ask for our needs. That is the way to pray. Pray to ask and then know that God will do what was asked.
A lack of confidence will make prayer life weak and infrequent. Jesus said, “Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
Faith in Jesus is equal to your faith in prayer.
The answer might sometimes be “No,” or “Not yet” or maybe “Here is something even better.” But the answer is often a simple “Yes.”
Pray believing, but have enough faith to accept his answer.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Lonnie Davis