Praying With Courage - Mark 11:22-24
Today's episode is a dive into the transformative power of bold prayers. Maybe your prayer life has grown flat, boring, or wimpy. Today Jess shares part of her personal experiences where prayer turned impossible situations around.
Jesus gives us some encouragement in Mark 11:22-24, where He emphasizes having faith in God, speaking to mountains without doubt, and the assurance that believing in prayer's fulfillment makes it a reality. The crucial aspects of praying with courage involve our wholehearted faith, rooted in scripture, and expecting fruitfulness in our lives.
Focus Passage:
Mark 11:22-24
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[f] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Main Takeaways:
It takes great faith to pray with courage
We must not doubt
Jesus encourages us to pray bold prayers for fruitfulness according to God's will
Bold prayers often don't make sense to the world
Prayer:
Dear Jesus,
I pray for every listener right now that you would stir their hearts with a prayer that is beyond their ability, imagination, or resource. Place in their minds in this moment something they are afraid to ask you for. Give us a boldness to ask for big, audacious, miraculous things and help us to keep those prayers aligned to your WORD. Jesus, I rebuke and cancel the spirit of doubt at work in our minds so that we may pray with full faith. Help us in our unbelief. Let us not be content with safe, predictable prayers, we desire a courageous spirit that will believe in the unbelievable!
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Show Notes:
https://www.crossway.org/articles/10-key-bible-verses-on-prayer/
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