Question and Answer: The Prayer of Faith

Mark 11:24  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 7
Q. Is there any connection as to the promise in these verses “whatsoever,” be., with the prayer of faith? (Mark 11:2424Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11:24).) T. T.
A. Mark 11:2424Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11:24) gives the principle on which we are to pray in all cases. The disciples should have asked God then; we, Christ in His lordship and power, or the Father now: all prayer should be with faith. Praying in the Holy Ghost is now connected, in our present state with Christ's words abiding in us, though there be the distinct element of the energy of the Holy Ghost in us, not merely the words of Christ forming our desires and mind. But, then, as a general principle, the Holy Ghost will, if our hearts be right, keep these words in our mind.