EVANGELIST JOSHUA OREKHIE MINISTRIES

 

EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL:

August 23, 2026

 

Praying With Faith

 

Opening Scriptures

Mark 11:22–24 (KJV): “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”

 

James 1:5–7 (KJV): “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.”

 

Hebrews 11:1, 6 (KJV): “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen… But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

 

Memory Verse

Matthew 21:22 (KJV): “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”

 

Praise and Worship

Spend quality time worshipping God before presenting your requests to Him. Thank Him because He is faithful, powerful, merciful, and trustworthy. Remember some prayers He has answered in the past and thank Him specifically for them. Worship Him not only because of what you want Him to do, but because of who He is. Ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen your faith and help you approach God with confidence while remaining surrendered to His wisdom and will.

 

EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL: August 23, 2026 – Praying With Faith

Prayer is a communication between you and God. Prayer is one of the greatest privileges God has given to His children. When you pray with faith, you gain more confidence in your prayer.

Prayer is a sacred opportunity to speak with God, pour out your heart before Him, present your requests, seek His direction, confess your sins, give thanks, worship Him, and listen for His guidance through His Word and the Holy Spirit.

Beloved, Prayer is a sacred opportunity to speak with God, to pour out your heart before Him, to present your requests before His throne, to seek His direction for your life, to confess your sins and receive His cleansing, to give Him thanks for His goodness, to worship Him for who He is in your life.

Prayer is not a one way traffic where you only talk and never listen. True prayer involves speaking and also involves listening, because God still speaks to those who are willing to be quiet enough to hear Him.

Praying with faith removes doubt, fear and insecurity. Prayer gives us peace. But if you pray with fear, it is easy for a person to give up or feel discouragement in their prayers.

But when you pray with fear instead of faith, it becomes very easy for a person to give up quickly, it becomes very easy to feel discouraged along the way, because fear cannot sustain a man through the waiting season of prayer. Only faith can carry you from the place of asking to the place of receiving.

Praying with faith simply means you are approaching God with confidence, believing that He hears you, believing that He cares about what concerns you, and believing that He is fully able to answer according to His perfect will for your life.

Beloved, it is our faith and our belief in God that keep us connected to Him. It is faith that continually draws us into His presence, again and again, no matter what we are passing through.

Prayer is powerful, there is no doubt about that, but the Bible repeatedly teaches us the importance of faith in prayer. Let me tell you something serious today.

The devil is more afraid of a believer who prays with faith, with sincerity and with a clean heart, than a believer who prays out of fear and out of disbelief.

When you pray, but deep down you are already convinced that the prayer will not be answered, beloved, it is possible that such a prayer may not be answered, because you have already cancelled it with your own unbelief before God even moves on it.

The Bible tells us plainly that death and life are in the power of the tongue. If you want your words to carry weight in the spirit realm, you must learn to construct those words well.

You cannot pray and say, “Father, make a way for me,” and then immediately after that prayer, open your mouth again and say, “I know nothing is going to change.”

Beloved, that kind of contradiction weakens your own prayer. It is very possible that such a prayer may never see an answer, not because God cannot do it, but because your own mouth cancelled what your knees had just requested.

Beloved, faith does not look at the size of your current problem, but fear always does. There is no problem that is too difficult for God to remove out of your life.

The doctor may say it is not possible, the report may say it is not possible, the situation may say it is not possible, but God says it is possible.

So beloved, I ask you today, whose report will you believe? Until you begin to pray with faith, nothing will begin to move in your favour.

Beloved, if you are going to pray at all, then learn to pray with faith, because half hearted prayer produces half hearted results. Jesus Himself said it plainly in Mark 11:22, “Have faith in God.” That is the starting point of every effective prayer life.

Notice that our faith is ultimately in God, not in our ability to pray perfectly, not in the number of hours we have prayed, not in how loudly we shouted, not in a particular prayer formula, and not in our ability to control the outcome.

Beloved, this is where many believers miss it. They put their faith in the wrong container. Some put their faith in the length of their prayer, thinking that the longer they pray, the more likely God is to answer, forgetting that Jesus warned us not to use vain repetitions like the heathen who think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Some put their faith in the location of their prayer, believing that a prayer offered on a mountain carries more weight than a prayer offered in a bedroom, forgetting that God is not limited by geography.

Some put their faith in the volume of their voice, shouting as though God is far away and hard of hearing, forgetting that God hears the faintest whisper of a broken and sincere heart. Beloved, none of these things move God. What moves God is faith, simple, childlike, unshakable faith in who He says He is.

When your faith rests correctly on God and not on your own performance, something changes in the way you pray. You stop struggling to impress heaven with religious activities. You stop measuring your prayer by human standards.

You simply come to your Father the way a child comes to a loving parent, fully persuaded that He hears, fully persuaded that He cares, and fully persuaded that He is able.

That is the kind of prayer that moves mountains, because it is not built on your own effort, it is built on His faithfulness. This is why the enemy fights so hard to introduce doubt into the heart of a praying man.

He knows that a man who is fully persuaded of God’s ability cannot be easily defeated, because such a man does not quit after one attempt, does not faint after a season of silence, and does not run to the wrong source for answers when heaven seems quiet.

Doubt is the weapon the enemy uses to make you abandon the very prayer that was about to change your situation. Do not give him that satisfaction today.

Beloved, settle it in your heart from today, your confidence is not in your own strength, your confidence is in the God you are praying to. Build your faith on who He is, not on what you can do, and watch how differently heaven responds to your prayers from this day forward.

A believer who neglects the word of God in his heart but expects to pray with strong faith is like a man trying to light a fire without any wood, such a person is struggling in vain.

If you want to pray with unshakable confidence, you must first fill your heart with the promises of God concerning your situation, so that when you open your mouth to pray, you are not speaking empty words, you are speaking what God has already said.

Beloved, this is why it is dangerous to pray without knowing what God’s word says about your case. When you know that by His stripes you were healed, you pray differently concerning sickness. When you know that He shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory, you pray differently concerning lack.

When you know that no weapon formed against you shall prosper, you pray differently concerning your enemies. The word of God becomes the very foundation your faith stands upon, and a prayer built on that foundation cannot be shaken by delay, cannot be shaken by contrary reports, and cannot be shaken by the mockery of the enemy.

Beloved, another thing that strengthens faith in prayer is remembering what God has done before. Israel was constantly reminded to remember how God delivered them from Egypt, how He parted the Red Sea, how He brought water out of the rock.

Why did God keep reminding them of past victories? Because remembering what God has done before builds confidence for what He can do again.

Beloved, sit down today and remember every battle God has already won for you, every door He has already opened, every impossible situation He has already turned around.

Let those testimonies become fuel for the fire of your faith today, because the God who did it before is well able to do it again. Many believers have the faith to believe God for a matter, but they lack the patience to wait for that faith to produce its full harvest.

They pray today with strong confidence, but by tomorrow, when the answer has not yet appeared, they abandon the very faith they started with.

Beloved, faith without patience is like a farmer who plants seed in the morning and digs it up in the evening to check if it has grown. That kind of farmer will never eat from his own farm, not because the seed was bad, but because he could not wait for the process to complete itself.

Faith says, “I have brought this matter before God. He hears me. He is able. He is wise. He is faithful. I will trust Him with the answer.” That is what real faith sounds like, not a loud noise, not a religious performance, but a settled confidence in the heart of a believer.

Prayer connects the heart of a man to the heart of God, but beloved, there is something that must accompany that prayer, and without it, the connection produces very little. That thing is faith.

The Bible tells us plainly in Hebrews 11:6, without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Beloved, if you are going to pray to God at all, there are certain things you must settle in your heart first.

You must believe that God exists. You must believe that He hears you when you speak. You must believe that He is able to intervene in whatever situation you are facing.

And you must believe that His wisdom is far greater than your own limited understanding. Without these four things settled, your prayer becomes mere talk directed at an empty sky.

Beloved, there are situations in life that will test your faith to its very foundation. It is easy to stand up and declare that you believe God when everything around you is working according to your expectation, when the money is coming, when the health is strong, when the marriage is peaceful, when the children are doing well.

But beloved, what happens when you pray today and tomorrow nothing appears to have changed? What happens when you have prayed for months, and the situation is exactly where it was when you started? What happens when the door you have been knocking on remains shut?

What happens when the medical report is not what you were hoping to hear? What happens when somebody else, somebody who did not even pray as hard as you did, receives the very testimony you have been travailing for in secret? What happens when heaven appears to go quiet, when there is no voice, no sign, no answer, only silence?

Beloved, this is exactly where faith becomes something deeper than mere excitement. Excitement can shout when things are going well, but faith stands firm when things are not going well.

Faith says, “Even though I do not understand everything that is happening right now, I will continue trusting my God.” This is the difference between a fair weather believer and a faith filled believer. One only trusts God when the sun is shining, the other trusts God even in the middle of the storm.

Faith also does not mean that you will never experience doubt, fear, or questions. In Mark 9:24, a desperate father cried, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” What a sincere prayer!

Now beloved, do not misunderstand me. Faith does not mean you will never experience doubt, fear, or questions in your heart. Even great men of the Bible wrestled with this. In Mark chapter 9:24, there was a desperate father who cried out to Jesus, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”

What an honest, or sincere prayer that was. That man was not pretending to have perfect, flawless faith. He was not putting up a religious show. He came exactly as he was, bringing both his faith and his weakness together to Jesus, and he laid both of them at the Master’s feet.

Beloved, when your faith feels weak, when you are struggling to believe, do not run away from God in shame. Run toward Him. Tell Him plainly, “Father, I believe You, but I am struggling right now. Strengthen my faith.” Beloved, God can work with an honest heart. He cannot work with pretense, but He can work with honesty.

Beloved, here is the tragedy. Many people pray, but deep within their hearts, they have already concluded that nothing will happen in their life. Their mouth is busy praying, but their heart is busy doubting. They say, “Father, open the door,” and then immediately after saying amen, they turn around and say, “I know nothing good will happen to somebody like me.”

They pray, “Lord, make a way for me,” while their thoughts are quietly whispering, “There is no way out of this one.” They pray for restoration in the morning while confessing defeat by the evening.

Beloved, that kind of praying will wear you out and produce nothing, because you are fighting yourself more than you are fighting the enemy.

This is why, beloved, when you pray, you must learn to pray with faith. Jesus said it plainly in Mark 11:22, “Have faith in God.” Notice He did not say have faith in your ability to construct long, and flowery prayers.

Your faith should never rest in how eloquent you sound before God. Your faith must ultimately rest in God Himself, in who He is, not in what you can perform before Him.

Beloved, faith means you believe, without argument, that God is able to answer your prayer. Faith means that after you have presented your request before His throne, you refuse to let fear grow bigger than your confidence in Him.

Faith means you can look directly at a difficult situation, a situation that is real, a situation that is painful, and still be able to say, “Yes, this problem is difficult, but my God is far greater than this problem.”

But beloved, understand this clearly, faith does not mean pretending that the problem does not exist. Faith is not denial of your action. David did not stand before Goliath and pretend the giant was small.

Everybody in that valley could see with their own eyes that Goliath was a giant, tall, armored, terrifying. But beloved, here is the difference, while the entire army of Israel was busy staring at the size of Goliath, David was busy staring at the greatness of his God.

That is exactly what faith does. Faith acknowledges that the mountain is real, faith acknowledges that the giant is standing there, but faith refuses, absolutely refuses, to allow that mountain to become bigger in your eyes than the God you serve.

Beloved, hear me today, we must not pray anyhow, we must not pray carelessly, we must pray with purpose. A soldier does not go to the battlefield without knowing which weapon he is carrying and which enemy he is facing.

In the same way, when you kneel down to pray, you must know exactly what you are presenting before God. There are times for thanksgiving, when you simply come to appreciate Him for His goodness. There are times for repentance, when you come to acknowledge where you have missed it.

There are times for intercession, when you stand in the gap for another soul. There are times to ask God for wisdom and direction when the path ahead is not clear.

Beloved, there are times to pray specifically for your family, for your marriage, for your children, for your business, for your career, for your ministry, for your health, for the decisions standing before you, and for your future.

There are also times to simply be quiet before God in worship, saying nothing, just basking in His presence. Your prayer life must never degenerate into empty repetition.

Jesus Himself warned us in Matthew chapter 6:7 against vain repetitions, the kind the heathen pray, thinking they will be heard because of their much speaking. Beloved, prayer must come from a sincere heart, not from a rehearsed script recited without meaning.

When you pray with purpose, you become specific, and specific prayer is powerful prayer. Remember blind Bartimaeus sitting by the roadside, crying out, “Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” When Jesus stopped and asked him plainly what he wanted, Bartimaeus did not begin to ramble, he said clearly, “Lord, that I might receive my sight.”

That man knew exactly what he wanted to present before the Lord. Hannah knew exactly what she was asking God for. Solomon asked God specifically for wisdom. Elijah prayed specifically concerning rain.

The early church gathered together and prayed specifically for Peter when he was locked away in prison. Beloved, these were not vague, wandering prayers, these were purposeful, targeted prayers, and heaven responded to every one of them.

Beloved, some people spend thirty minutes, even one hour, praying without actually knowing what they are praying about. They wander from one subject to another without any direction, like a driver on a road with no destination.

Now, there is nothing wrong with spontaneous prayer as the Holy Spirit leads you in the moment, but beloved, there is also great value in entering your prayer time with clear burdens and sound biblical understanding of what you are carrying to God.

Before you begin, pause and ask yourself, what exactly am I trusting God for today? What does the scripture say concerning this situation I am facing? Is there anything in my life that God wants me to change? Is there someone specific that God is laying on my heart to pray for?

Beloved, that kind of preparation will transform your prayer life completely. Praying with faith gives you the confidence to approach God boldly.

The Bible tells us in Hebrews 4:16 says, let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Notice that word, boldly.

Beloved, God does not want His children crawling to Him as beggars approaching a reluctant king. He wants you to come boldly, because through Jesus Christ, the way has already been opened for you. You can bring every burden to Him. You can tell Him exactly what is hurting you in life.

You can tell Him exactly what you need. You can ask Him for wisdom without holding back. You can cry out for mercy without shame. You can ask Him to intervene in the impossible situation staring at you.

Beloved, praying with faith also attracts the favour of God, because we are approaching a gracious God who delights in giving good gifts to His children according to His wisdom and His will. Esther entered the king’s presence uninvited, and she obtained favour that saved an entire nation.

But beloved, our confidence as believers is even greater than what Esther had, because we approach the throne of grace boldly through Christ, not through uncertainty, but through the finished work of the cross.

When the favour of God begins to rest upon a person’s life, doors begin to open that human strength and connection alone could never have opened.

God can connect you with the right people at the right time. He can give you favour before decision makers who ordinarily would not have looked your way. He can give you divine wisdom for opportunities others cannot even see

He can cause your work to be recognised in places you never applied to be seen. But beloved, understand this clearly, prayer is not a formula for manipulating God, and it is not a formula for manipulating people either. We seek the favour of God while remaining fully surrendered to His will, not our own agenda.

Beloved, praying with faith also produces peace in the heart of a believer. Sometimes, the situation you are praying about does not change immediately, the report remains the same, the door remains shut, but something begins to change on the inside of you.

Philippians 4:6-7 tell us to present our requests to God with thanksgiving, and then the peace of God, which passes all understanding, begins to guard our hearts and our minds.

Beloved, look carefully at Hannah’s story. She entered God’s presence in bitterness of soul. She wept bitterly. She poured out her heart before the Lord in the temple.

Yet after she had prayed, and after Eli spoke a word of encouragement over her, the Bible records something remarkable, her countenance was no more sad.

Beloved, Samuel had not yet been conceived. Her body had not yet shown any evidence of pregnancy. The physical answer to her prayer was still far ahead in the future.

But her heart had already changed in that moment. That is what faith does, faith allows you to leave the place of prayer carrying hope, even when the manifestation has not yet arrived.

Beloved, praying with faith also gives you the courage to act. Faith is not a man sitting down folding his arms, doing absolutely nothing, while expecting everything to fall from heaven automatically. If you pray for a job, let your faith give you the courage to go out and submit applications.

If you pray for examination success, let your faith motivate you to sit down and study your books diligently. If you pray for your business to prosper, let your faith push you to work diligently, to improve your service, and to make wise decisions daily.

If you pray for reconciliation in a broken relationship, faith may require of you humility, forgiveness, honest communication, and responsible action on your part. Beloved, James the apostle reminds us plainly, faith without works is dead.

You cannot kneel down and pray, “Father, give me examination success,” and then refuse to open your books. You cannot pray, “Father, prosper my business,” and then continue treating your customers badly.

You cannot pray, “Lord, restore my marriage,” while stubbornly refusing to address the very behaviour that is destroying it.

You cannot pray for financial stability while continuing to spend recklessly, as though your prayer will fix what your discipline refuses to fix. Beloved, faithful, genuine prayer should always produce responsible, and corresponding action.

Beloved, praying with faith strengthens you against the spirit of fear. Fear says, “What if everything goes wrong?” But faith rises up and says, “Whatever happens, my God will give me wisdom for the journey ahead.”

Fear says, “There is no way out of this situation.” But faith declares boldly, “My God can make a way, according to His perfect will.” Fear whispers, “You are all alone in this battle.” But faith remembers, and holds firmly to, God’s own promise that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Beloved, this is exactly why you must be extremely careful about what you allow into your mind after you have finished praying. You cannot continually feed your mind with fear, with bad news, and with negative talk, and still expect your faith to remain strong and unshaken.

Romans 10;17 tells us clearly, so then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Beloved, guard what you hear, guard what you feed on, and your faith will grow stronger every single day, in Jesus’ mighty and matchless name.

however, I must quickly add something here, because many people misunderstand faith. Praying with faith does not mean you sit down and demand that God must answer exactly according to your own preferred method and your own personal timetable.

Even Jesus Himself, in the garden of Gethsemane, prayed, “Nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” Beloved, mature faith trusts God’s answer even when that answer looks completely different from what you originally expected.

Sometimes, God says yes. Sometimes He says no. Sometimes He redirects you to a completely different path than the one you were pushing for.

Sometimes He gives you wisdom to walk another road entirely. And sometimes, instead of immediately removing the difficulty, He strengthens you to walk through it victoriously.

Beloved, never conclude, never for one moment conclude, that because something did not happen exactly the way you prayed it, God does not love you, or that you have no faith. God’s wisdom is far greater than our wisdom. Faith is not about controlling God, beloved, faith is about trusting God.

Another thing is your confession after prayer. Do not pray with faith and then turn around and destroy your own confidence with hopeless, and defeated words. After you have prayed, guard your mouth carefully. Let your words agree with the confidence you carried into that prayer.

When you pray with faith, pray also with thanksgiving. Do not wait until you see the answer before you start thanking God. Thank Him also because He heard you the moment you called on Him.

Thank Him for what He has already done in your life. Thank Him simply for life itself. Thank Him for His mercy that is new every morning. Thank Him because He remains God, whether the answer shows up today, tomorrow, or next year.

Beloved, sometimes remembering your previous victories will strengthen your faith for today’s battle. Before David ever faced Goliath, he remembered how God had helped him kill the lion and the bear while he was tending his father’s sheep.

Beloved, remember your own victories today. Remember where God has brought you from. Remember that prayer you once thought could never be answered, yet today you are testifying about it.

Remember that situation you thought would completely destroy you, yet here you are, still standing. You survived it, beloved, because God helped you. And if He helped you yesterday, be confident that He can help you today.

So beloved, do not pray carelessly anymore. Pray intentionally. Pray scripturally. Pray sincerely. Pray persistently. Pray thankfully. Pray expectantly. And above every other thing, pray with faith.

However, beloved, we must also understand something very important, faith is never a tool for forcing God to do whatever we want. Biblical faith trusts God enough to submit completely to His wisdom. Beloved, that was not unbelief speaking, that was perfect trust speaking.

Some people have wrongly been taught that adding “if it is God’s will” to a prayer shows weakness of faith. But beloved, Jesus Himself submitted His own desire to His Father’s will, and 1 John 5:14 tells us that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Mature faith says, “Father, this is what my heart desires, but I trust Your wisdom far more than I trust my own understanding.”

The apostle Paul prayed three times concerning his thorn in the flesh, yet instead of removing it, God simply told him, “My grace is sufficient for thee.”

Was Paul lacking faith, beloved? Certainly not. He learned, through that experience, that God’s answer can sometimes be completely different from the answer we were expecting, and that difference is not a sign of failure.

This is why you must never condemn yourself simply because a particular prayer has not yet been answered the way you desired. Do not allow anybody to tell you that every unanswered prayer automatically means you lack faith.

Scripture gives us a far more mature picture than that. Look at the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5, she believed that if she could only touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, she would be made whole. That belief moved her body, she pressed through a crowded, jostling multitude to reach Him.

Look at Bartimaeus, he believed Jesus could help him, so he lifted up his voice and cried out even louder when people tried to silence him.

Look at the four friends of the paralysed man, they believed Jesus could help their friend, so they carried him through the streets, and when the crowd blocked the door, they climbed onto the roof and broke it open just to lower him down before Jesus. Beloved, biblical faith is not a faith that sits still, biblical faith frequently moves.

There are people today praying for doors to open while refusing to knock on any door at all. They pray for a job but have not even updated their CV. They pray for their business to grow but refuse to improve the quality of their service.

They pray for academic success but will not open their books to study. They pray for the restoration of their marriage but refuse to address the behaviour destroying it. Beloved, after you finish praying, pause and ask yourself honestly, is there something God expects me to do?

Praying with faith also means refusing to allow desperation to become your master. Beloved, when answers appear delayed, people become dangerously vulnerable to manipulation. Somebody tells them, “Pay this amount of money and your miracle is guaranteed.”

Another person gives them an instruction that has no foundation in scripture. Another one promises that if they perform a certain ritual, the answer must surely come. Beloved, desperation should never push you outside the boundaries of God’s word.

Faith does not manipulate God, and nobody, absolutely nobody, has the power of God for sale. Pray, seek wise and godly counsel, remain obedient to God’s word, and refuse every shortcut that contradicts scripture or personal integrity.

Beloved, another serious enemy of faith is comparison. You have been praying for a child, and somebody who married after you already has two children. You have been praying for a job, and your friend just received an appointment letter. You have been praying concerning marriage, and people younger than you are already walking down the aisle.

You have been labouring to build a ministry or a business, and another person’s work seems to be growing faster than yours.

Beloved, if you are not careful, comparison will slowly turn your prayer life into bitterness. Understand this clearly, another person’s testimony is not evidence that God has forgotten you or failed you.

Their season is simply not your timetable. Beloved, when you hear somebody’s testimony, train your heart to say, “Father, I thank You for what You have done in their life. Now strengthen me to trust You concerning my own journey.” Do not allow jealousy to poison the very faith that is working for you.

Beloved, do not stop praying simply because you already prayed yesterday. Jesus Himself taught us the value of persistence in prayer. Luke 18 tells us that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

Beloved, persistent prayer is not empty religious activity, sometimes persistence is simply evidence that you still believe God is worth seeking, worth waiting for, and worth trusting.

But beloved, be careful not to put your faith in a particular method just because God used that method before, or because it worked for somebody else.

God is not limited to one channel of blessing. He may answer one prayer through an unexpected connection you never planned for, another through your own diligent effort, another through wise counsel from a trusted voice, another purely through prayer and fasting, and another in a manner you never even imagined.

Beloved, trust God, not the method He chooses to use. When you pray with faith, also leave room for God’s correction. Sometimes, while you are praying for a situation to change on the outside, God begins to show you something that needs to change on the inside of you.

You are praying, “Father, change my spouse,” while God is quietly telling you to correct your own character. You are praying, “Father, bless my business,” while He is patiently exposing poor management on your part.

You are praying, “Father, give me another opportunity,” while He is telling you to first become faithful with the opportunity already sitting in your hands. Beloved, true faith is willing not only to receive from God, but also to be corrected by God.

Beloved, there may be a mountain standing before you today. It may be financial. It may concern your family. It may be a major decision hanging over your head. It may be an unanswered prayer that has followed you for many years. Whatever it is, beloved, hear the words of Jesus once again, “Have faith in God.”

Praying with faith also means praying according to the will of God. 1 John 5:14 declares, “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.”

This matters greatly, beloved, because faith was never designed as a method for forcing God to approve everything we desire. You cannot attach the words “in Jesus’ name” to selfishness, to greed, to revenge, or to anything contrary to God’s character, and then call that faith.

Beloved, sometimes you have already decided in your own heart exactly what God must do in your life. You have already selected the particular person He must use to bless you. You have already chosen the exact date the answer must arrive.

You have already decided the precise door He must open for you. You have even calculated the exact amount of money that must come, and from where it must come. Then, when God begins answering in a different way, you conclude that He is not answering at all. Beloved, be careful of this trap.

Therefore, whatever you are trusting God for today, refuse to give up. Even when you cannot yet see the answer, keep believing. Even when the situation looks difficult and stubborn, keep praying. Even when people around you say it cannot happen, keep your confidence firmly fixed in God.

Your responsibility, beloved, is simply to pray, to believe, to obey, and to remain faithful, and then to leave the final outcome entirely in God’s hands.

Beloved, pray with faith. Wait with faith. Walk by faith. Live by faith. And above every single thing in this life, keep your faith fixed in God, in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus.

 

Prophetic Declaration

I declare over your life today: your faith shall not fail. Every spirit of doubt, fear, discouragement, and unbelief troubling your heart shall lose its influence over you, in the name of Jesus.

May the Lord strengthen you in every area where you have become tired of waiting. You shall not abandon your prayer because the answer has not yet appeared. You shall receive grace to pray, believe, wait, and remain faithful until God’s purpose is fulfilled.

Every mountain standing before you shall bow according to the will of God. Every legitimate door you have been trusting God to open, may divine favour speak for you. Where you need direction, receive wisdom. Where you need strength, receive grace. Where you need help, may God raise the right people. Where you have experienced repeated disappointment, may the Lord renew your hope.

I decree that negative reports shall not destroy your faith. Delay shall not make you give up. Fear shall not control your decisions. You shall not become weary at the edge of your testimony.

May the Lord turn your prayers into testimonies, your tears into joy, your waiting into celebration, and your difficult seasons into evidence of His faithfulness.

 

Personal Challenge

Today, examine your prayer life sincerely. Do you really believe God when you pray, or do you allow fear and doubt to take over immediately after saying Amen? Identify one important matter you have been praying about and deliberately commit it to God again.

Find a Bible verse that speaks to that situation, pray with faith, and refuse to spend the rest of the day speaking hopelessly about it. If there is a practical step you need to take concerning what you are praying for, take that step. If you are praying for a job, apply.

If you are praying for success, prepare yourself. If you are praying for restoration, correct what is within your power to correct. Let your actions demonstrate that you believe what you prayed.

Finally, write down at least three prayers God has answered for you in the past and thank Him for them. Allow yesterday’s testimonies to strengthen your faith for today’s request. Whatever happens, make this your confession: “I have prayed about it, I will do my part, and I will trust God with the outcome.”

 

Evangelism Challenge

Today, encourage someone whose faith has become weak because of delayed answers to prayer. Share the message of Mark 11:22: “Have faith in God.” Remind the person that delay does not automatically mean God has forgotten them and that difficult circumstances should not drive them away from God.

If you meet someone who does not know Christ, use the opportunity to explain that prayer begins with a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Share the gospel with love and simplicity. Tell them about God’s love, the need for repentance, forgiveness through Christ, and the new life available to those who believe in Him.

Before the day ends, pray with at least one person concerning a genuine burden they are carrying. Encourage them to keep trusting God, obey His Word, and take any responsible steps necessary. Let your evangelism today leave someone with renewed hope and a stronger desire to seek God.

 

Wisdom for Today

Do not allow what you see today to make you doubt what you prayed about yesterday.

 

Bible in One Year

Job 10, Job 11, Job 12, 1 Corinthians 14, Psalm 37, Proverbs 21:23–24

 

Prayer Assignment (Morning)

Prayer Focus: Praying With Faith

Scripture Meditation: Mark 11:22–24; Matthew 21:22; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:5–7; Mark 9:23–24.

1. Heavenly Father, I thank You for the privilege of seeing another morning; let my heart be filled with faith as I come before You today, in the name of Jesus.

2. O Lord, increase my faith and help me to trust You beyond what my physical eyes can see, in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, every fear weakening my confidence in You, lose your influence over my heart, in the name of Jesus.

4. O Lord, wherever unbelief has entered my heart because of prolonged waiting, strengthen my faith again.

5. Father, I believe; help every area of my unbelief, in the name of Jesus.

6. O Lord, deliver me from praying with my mouth while expecting failure in my heart.

7. Father, let Your Word become stronger in my heart than every negative report surrounding me.

8. Every disappointment from yesterday affecting the prayers I am praying today, lose your hold over my faith, in the name of Jesus.

9. Father, heal my heart from every previous disappointment that has made it difficult for me to trust again.

10. O Lord, deliver me from concluding that nothing will change simply because I cannot presently see any change.

11. Father, deliver me from rejecting Your answer simply because it did not arrive in the package I expected.

12. Every negative word that has become stronger in my mind than God’s truth, lose your influence over me, in the name of Jesus.

13. Father, strengthen my faith whenever circumstances appear contrary to what I am praying for, in the name of Jesus.

14. Every negative voice telling me that my prayers cannot be answered, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

15. O Lord, deliver me from praying with my mouth while expecting failure in my heart, in the name of Jesus.

16. Father, let Your Word become stronger in my heart than every negative report surrounding me, in the name of Jesus.

17. Every mountain standing before me today, receive divine intervention, in the name of Jesus.

18. Father, arise and make a way for me in every situation where I cannot presently see a way forward, in the name of Jesus.

19. Every spirit of discouragement attacking me due to delayed answers to my prayer, lose your hold over my life, in the name of Jesus.

20. O Lord, give me patience to continue trusting You when the answer to my prayer has not yet appeared, in the name of Jesus.

21. Father, strengthen me to remain faithful during my season of waiting, in the name of Jesus.

22. Every fear concerning my future, family, finances, career, business, ministry, and destiny, give way to faith in God, in the name of Jesus.

23. O Lord, give me wisdom to know the practical steps I need to take after praying, in the name of Jesus.

24. Every opportunity ordained by God for my progress, locate me and give me wisdom to recognise it, in the name of Jesus.

25. Every legitimate door that has remained closed before me, Father, open according to Your perfect will, in the name of Jesus.

26. O Lord, connect me with the right people who will contribute positively to the fulfilment of Your purpose for my life, in the name of Jesus.

27. Every disappointment assigned to weaken my confidence in God, I receive grace to rise above it, in the name of Jesus.

28. Father, give me faith to continue praying concerning situations that have lasted longer than I expected, in the name of Jesus.

29. Every voice of impossibility speaking against my expectations, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

30. O Lord, help me to remember Your past faithfulness whenever present circumstances attempt to make me afraid, in the name of Jesus.

31. Father, turn every previous testimony in my life into strength for the battles I am facing today, in the name of Jesus.

32. Every anxiety attempting to replace my prayer with worry, lose your influence over my mind, in the name of Jesus.

33. O Lord, let Your peace guard my heart and mind after I have committed my burdens into Your hands, in the name of Jesus.

34. Father, deliver me from desperation that could push me into wrong decisions while waiting for answers to prayer, in the name of Jesus.

35. Every temptation to seek ungodly shortcuts because of my tiredness of waiting, I reject it, in the name of Jesus.

36. O Lord, give me discernment to recognise Your direction and courage to obey every biblical instruction You give me, in the name of Jesus.

37. Father, whenever Your answer is different from what I expected, give me faith to trust Your wisdom, in the name of Jesus.

38. Every prayer I have almost abandoned because of discouragement, Father, renew my strength according to Your will, in the name of Jesus.

39. O Lord, let my faith become stronger than the circumstances surrounding me, in the name of Jesus.

40. Father, help me to speak words of faith, hope, wisdom, and thanksgiving after prayer, in the name of Jesus.

41. Every habit of confessing defeat immediately after praying for victory, come to an end in my life, in the name of Jesus.

42. O Lord, strengthen my relationship with You so that I will seek You not only because of what I need but because I love You, in the name of Jesus.

43. Father, let my prayer life become deeper, stronger, more consistent, and firmly rooted in Your Word, in the name of Jesus.

44. Every power assigned to make me become weary in prayer, lose your influence over me, in the name of Jesus.

45. O Lord, give me grace to pray persistently without becoming discouraged, in the name of Jesus.

46. Father, let every difficult situation confronting me today become an opportunity for my faith to grow stronger, in the name of Jesus.

 

Prayer Assignment (Night)

Prayer Focus: Praying With Faith

Scripture Meditation: Psalm 4:8; Mark 9:23–24; Mark 11:22–24; Hebrews 10:35–36; James 1:6; 1 John 5:14–15.

1. Father, I thank You for preserving me throughout today and bringing me safely to the end of this day, in the name of Jesus.

2. O Lord, forgive every sin, mistake, and wrong attitude that may have affected my fellowship with You today, in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, as I come before You tonight, increase my faith and strengthen my confidence in Your power, in the name of Jesus.

4. Every spirit of doubt and unbelief attacking my prayer life, lose your influence over me, in the name of Jesus.

5. Every negative thought telling me that my situation can never change, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

6. Father, let Your Word become stronger in my heart than every frightening situation surrounding me, in the name of Jesus.

7. O Lord, strengthen my faith concerning every prayer request that has remained unanswered longer than I expected, in the name of Jesus.

8. Every spirit of discouragement telling me to stop praying, lose your hold over my life, in the name of Jesus.

9. Father, give me patience to trust Your timing without losing my faith, in the name of Jesus.

10. Every mountain standing stubbornly before my progress, Father, give me wisdom, strength, and divine intervention to overcome it, in the name of Jesus.

11. Every burden troubling my heart tonight, I surrender it into the hands of God, in the name of Jesus.

12. Every anxiety attempting to steal my sleep and peace tonight, lose your influence over my mind, in the name of Jesus.

13. Father, let Your peace rule over my heart as I place my concerns before You, in the name of Jesus.

14. Every fear concerning tomorrow, I surrender it to God tonight, in the name of Jesus.

15. O Lord, go before me into tomorrow and order my steps according to Your will, in the name of Jesus.

16. Every legitimate door I have been praying for, Father, open it at the right time according to Your purpose for my life, in the name of Jesus.

17. Every door that would bring unnecessary trouble, compromise, or distraction into my life, Father, keep it closed, in the name of Jesus.

18. O Lord, let Your favour speak for me where my strength, qualifications, and human connections are insufficient, in the name of Jesus.

19. Every delayed testimony causing me to question God’s faithfulness, I receive grace to continue trusting the Lord, in the name of Jesus.

20. Father, remember every sincere prayer I have presented before You concerning my family, work, business, ministry, finances, and future, in the name of Jesus.

21. Every situation that has made me cry secretly, Father, intervene according to Your mercy and wisdom, in the name of Jesus.

22. O Lord, where I need an answer, answer me; where I need wisdom, direct me; where I need correction, correct me; where I need patience, strengthen me, in the name of Jesus.

23. Father, give me grace to remain obedient while I wait for the manifestation of my prayers, in the name of Jesus.

24. Every wrong decision I am about to make because of fear, pressure, or desperation, Father, redirect my steps, in the name of Jesus.

25. O Lord, give me discernment to recognise the answers You bring through opportunities, instructions, people, and practical wisdom, in the name of Jesus.

26. Father, give me confidence to approach Your throne of grace concerning every burden upon my heart, in the name of Jesus.

27. O Lord, remove every hidden wound and disappointment that has made it difficult for me to expect good things when I pray, in the name of Jesus.

28. Every memory of unanswered expectations troubling my confidence during prayer, receive healing by the mercy of God, in the name of Jesus.

29. O Lord, help me to base my expectations upon Your character and Your Word rather than upon my feelings, in the name of Jesus.

30. Every atmosphere of hopelessness surrounding my life, family, and household, give way to renewed hope, in the name of Jesus.

31. Father, breathe upon every situation in my life that appears impossible to human understanding, in the name of Jesus.

32. O God of possibilities, intervene in matters that have gone beyond my human ability, in the name of Jesus.

33. Father, let Your mercy prevail in every situation where my strength, qualifications, or resources are insufficient, in the name of Jesus.

34. O Lord, send help to me from unexpected but legitimate sources, in the name of Jesus.

35. Father, let every good thing You have appointed for this season of my life come forth at the proper time, in the name of Jesus.

36. Every obstacle delaying necessary progress in my life, Father, give me wisdom and grace to overcome it, in the name of Jesus.

37. O Lord, give me spiritual sensitivity to recognise when an answer to prayer comes in a form different from what I imagined, in the name of Jesus.

38. Father, help me never to reject Your provision simply because it arrived through an unexpected channel, in the name of Jesus.

39. Father, give me grace to remain calm when circumstances appear to be moving slowly, in the name of Jesus.

40. O Lord, teach me to trust Your process even when I cannot understand every stage of the journey, in the name of Jesus.

41. Every pressure tempting me to compare the timing of my testimony with another person’s testimony, lose your influence over me, in the name of Jesus.

42. O Lord, preserve my heart from bitterness when someone receives what I have been waiting for, in the name of Jesus.

43. Every stubborn desire capable of making me resist God’s better direction, be removed from my heart, in the name of Jesus.

44. O Lord, give me grace to remain spiritually sensitive throughout today so that I will recognise Your guidance, in the name of Jesus.

45. Every costly mistake that can be avoided through prayer and wisdom, Father, preserve me from it, in the name of Jesus.

46. Let every jealousy triggered by another person’s testimony be uprooted from my heart, in Jesus name.