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“Don’t Just Pray, Believe”

Key Verse

“Therefore 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

Text — Mark 11:22-24

Message

Prayer is talking to God. He wants His children to always talk to Him about their needs, troubles and whatever is on their minds. One of the dangers of praying without receiving answers is when we pray without believing that God will answer. It shows lack of faith in the heart of the person praying. God is not happy about this.

You may ask “what if I pray, and no answer comes?”-keep praying. God’s time is not man’s own- answer will definitely come. The story was told of a community where there had been no rain for some years and things were hard for the people- scarcity of food to eat, water to drink. One day, a preacher went to one of the villages in the community.

After preaching and teaching the people to confess their sins, he decided to pray that God should bring rain. One little girl attended the prayer, she believed that the rain would fall if the man of God prayed. So she went to the place with her small raincoat. After prayer, people started going to their houses, many were saying that they knew the rain would not fall, though the cloud had gathered while the prayer meeting was going on. Suddenly, it started to shower, and before long, there was a heavy down pour and the rain came down! God answered their prayers at last. The little girl’s faith was rewarded and she was not soaked in the rain like others. It is good to have faith in God.

Further Reading

Hebrews 11:6

Prayer for today

Lord, give me the faith to believe as I pray so that I can receive from You.

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Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi

Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.

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