Message #14 (of 20) from the PrayerPower radio series
"The Deeper Life of Prayer"

by Kaye Johns

In considering the step by step sequence of Jesus’ teaching on prayer, we see that He gave his 12 disciples several strong prayer promises in the last days and hours of His ministry. He did not include these promises during His Sermon on the Mount, when He taught His initial followers the beginning steps for prayer. Nor did He include them as He added the dimensions of perseverance and boldness in Luke 11 and 18. These late promises were for His select group of fully committed disciples, those to whom He was leaving the keys of His kingdom. They remain so today--open to anyone who chooses to be His committed disciple.

But these promises have conditions attached, conditions that only those who are mature in their faith can understand or meet. Jesus said, "‘...if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him...whatever you ask for in prayer, believe you have received it, and it will be yours.’" [Mark 11:22-24]

Believe you have received it--this is faith that believes not only that God is able, but that God will. How much knowledge of God’s Word, how much experience with Him does it take to build faith that strong?

Pray with me now -- Lord, we all want to have faith that does not doubt. May it be the fruit of Your Spirit in our lives, for we ask in Jesus’ name, amen.

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