Day 7: Believing What We Pray

It’s that time of year- children sitting on Santa’s lap telling him what they want for Christmas and expecting to get it. Do we have that kind of expectancy when we pray? James 1:6-8 says “But with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, let him ask in faith, unstable in all his ways.” This is James telling us that if we don’t believe then we will not receive anything from the Lord.

Jesus tells us in Mark 11:22-24 how we should pray: “ And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Jesus is telling us when we pray to not doubt but believe that we have received it.

Having faith has done wonderful things for others. For instance- Matthew 9:27-30: “And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened...”

In just a few verses before this is the account of the woman who was subject to bleeding for twelve years, but she touched Jesus and was healed. Jesus tells the woman to take heart for her faith has healed her (Matthew 9:20-26). As we can see, faith in Jesus is a powerful thing. Let's remember when we pray to have faith in God. His powers are greater and more amazing than we can imagine.

Written by John Beckham, a freshman at Mt. Juliet High School

# posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Saturday, November 20, 2010

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Great blog John, I agree that our faith in Jesus is a powerful thing and sometimes it is easy to get busy going through life and fail to realize how important and precious it is and to focus on our faith by putting our love for Jesus into action!

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Day 7: Believing What We Pray It’s that time of year- children sitting on Santa’s lap telling him what they want for Christmas and expecting to get it. Do we have that kind of expectancy when we pray? James 1:6-8 says “But with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, let him ask in faith, unstable in all his ways.” This is James telling us that if we don’t believe then we will not receive anything from the Lord. Jesus tells us in Mark 11:22-24 how we should pray: “ And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Jesus is telling us when we pray to not doubt but believe that we have received it. Having faith has done wonderful things for others. For instance- Matthew 9:27-30: “And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened...” In just a few verses before this is the account of the woman who was subject to bleeding for twelve years, but she touched Jesus and was healed. Jesus tells the woman to take heart for her faith has healed her (Matthew 9:20-26). As we can see, faith in Jesus is a powerful thing. Let's remember when we pray to have faith in God. His powers are greater and more amazing than we can imagine. Written by John Beckham, a freshman at Mt. Juliet High School # posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Saturday, November 20, 2010 Comments: Great blog John, I agree that our faith in Jesus is a powerful thing and sometimes it is easy to get busy going through life and fail to realize how important and precious it is and to focus on our faith by putting our love for Jesus into action! # posted by Anonymous : November 25, 2010 at 3:40 AM Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37122-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: November 2010 December 2010

Day 7: Believing What We Pray

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