Prayer is powerful. It can, when we are tuned into the will of God, cause God to answer with things miraculous. Why is it that I don’t treat it that way all the time? Why do my prayers sometimes seem to be weak?

Jesus talked about the power of prayer in Mark chapter 9, when the disciples tried to heal a demon possessed boy and they could not do it. Jesus had given them the power to heal, and yet in this situation they could not. When they asked Him what went wrong, Jesus simply said this…

Mark 9:29 (NASB)
29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.”

There is something very special about prayer, something that this side of heaven we can’t completely understand. However, we can still draw upon its power if we are persistent, have faith and believe.

George Mueller, who fed thousands of children by only relying on the power of prayer had to say this in his autobiography.

“It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer; and further we have not only to continue in prayer unto the end, but we have also to believe that God does hear us, and will answer our prayers. Most frequently we fail in not continuing in prayer until the blessing is obtained, and in not expecting the blessing.”

God wants us to expect an answer. If we pray hoping for an answer, then we really aren’t praying.

Always praying for the glory of God,