The One Thing You Need To Know To Pray With Absolute Confidence

Praying with confidence is more than mustering up determination. There’s a key ingredient that we’ll explore together, and also take a look at how it can show up in your everyday spiritual life.

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3 promises from the Bible you can pray with confidence for god to deliver:

1. God gives wisdom.
2. God delivers.
3. Jesus offers rest.

Together, let’s take a look at this verse:

Have you ever tried hard to pray with confidence? What did it look like for you? Did you have the assurance the writer talks about in the verse?

Maybe you started out discouraged, but then you turned desire into determination and prayed with boldness that God would answer your prayer. I’ve been there many times in life, and eventually I learned that I was missing one key ingredient.

It’s not an element that will magically turn a prayer into a reality; it’s the ingredient that will change not only how you pray, but what you pray. It’s the one thing you need to pray with absolute confidence.

It’s not will.
It’s not a desire.
And it’s not a wish.

It’s faith.

What do we know about faith? Faith is “being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1)

The words to notice are being sure and certain. Faith is having absolute confidence that something that hasn’t happened yet will happen, and that something that you can’t see will come to be. That’s what faith is.

Faith boils down to: Do you believe what God says? Any time God gives us a promise and we act on it, that’s biblical faith.

When you pray, are you coming to God with absolute certainty and confidence that what you’re asking for will be given to you? When you bow your head, are you certain that the things that you’re going to ask for, God is going to answer?

Let’s walk through the verse again. It says —

As we continue, let’s explore the second point, that we ask according to His will. For many believers, this is a new concept, and yet it’s a very encouraging promise given to us in the Scriptures. Actually, there are hundreds of promises in the Scriptures for us to pray, but we’ll touch on just a few here.

The Creator offers His followers wisdom.

Are you trying to decide how to handle a difficult situation in your life? Are you on the fence about a decision and need wisdom?

This verse assures us that God will provide wisdom. You can pray with confidence knowing He will fulfill His commitment.

Here’s the condition, though: we have to hold up our end of the bargain. The next verse says:

Praying with confidence starts with faith.

Today, you can open your Bible to James 1:5 and pray:

God, please give me wisdom. I know it’s according to Your will because it’s here in Your Word. Help me to have courage to act according to the wisdom given.

Sometimes people find themselves entangled in a stronghold where sin has a tight hold on their lives. Could that be you? God has a promise for you, too. Pray specifically and God guarantees that He’ll hear it.

The condition is that you take that way of escape He’s going to offer. Maybe you need to confide in a friend or a spouse about your addiction or struggle. Your way out might be joining a 12-step program or committing to a drastic adjustment like removing temptations from your home.

Whatever it is, God says you can pray with confidence for deliverance.

Today, you can open your Bible to 1 Corinthians 10:13 and pray:

God, show me the way of deliverance.

For many individuals and families, busyness has become a way of life. But truthfully, you’re exhausted and spent and what you crave most is rest.

When you ask for rest, Jesus will step in and calm the storm; He’ll restore your body and emotions.

It might be time for you to shut out everything and spend time with Him, slowing down enough to hear Him telling you where to make changes in your life. God will show you the difference between His yoke and all of the world’s “oughts” and “shoulds” and demands.

When you walk in His will, He can renew you from the inside out.

Today, you can open your Bible to Matthew 11:28–30 and simply pray:

God, you said I could come to you in faith and you would give me what I’m asking. I come to You because I need true rest. Give me your yoke.

Finally, sometimes we aren’t even sure how to pray or what promise to hold onto. In this case, we can take comfort in a verse from Romans:

In these moments, you can ask, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit: Show me how to pray here.

You can pray this prayer with confidence, knowing He’ll overcome your weakness and intercede for you — according to the will of God.

I hope you’ll examine your prayer life and determine if you’re truly praying in faith, and then depend on God as you pray with confidence, claiming these promises and many more.

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