“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” —Mark 11:24
Today on my way to work, I saw a bumper sticker that read: “Believe to receive.” What a wonderful message!
I have experienced, when it comes to prayer and faith, the “believe” part gets left behind a lot. Someone once told me that a prayer without faith, is like a gun without a bullet—you can't expect a prayer to be answered if there is no faith in the desired outcome (Matthew 21:22).
Belief is the verb form of the noun faith, which ultimately means that an action (believing) is required—you cannot receive if you don’t believe.
Jesus told a very distraught father in Mark 9:23 that “all things are possible for one who believes”, and after the father had started to believe, he experienced a miracle—his son was healed.
All things are possible for those who believe. Take comfort in this, and know that even if it seems impossible, for God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26).
