24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received
24 That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
24 I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours.
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
14 And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening.
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
14 And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.
(Read 1 John 5:13-17)
Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Scripture. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. The Lord Christ invites us to come to him in all circumstances, with our supplications and requests, notwithstanding the sin that besets us. Our prayers must always be offered in submission to the will of God. In some things they are speedily answered; in others they are granted in the best manner, though not as requested. We ought to pray for others, as well as for ourselves. There are sins that war against spiritual life in the soul, and the life above. We cannot pray that the sins of the impenitent and unbelieving should, while they are such, be forgiven them; or that mercy, which supposes the forgiveness of sins, should be granted to them, while they wilfully continue such. But we may pray for their repentance, for their being enriched with faith in Christ, and thereupon for all other saving mercies. We should pray for others, as well as for ourselves, beseeching the Lord to pardon and recover the fallen, as well as to relieve the tempted and afflicted. And let us be truly thankful that no sin, of which any one truly repents, is unto death.
15 And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him.
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
15 And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours.
15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
15 And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.
(Read 1 John 5:13-17)
Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Scripture. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. The Lord Christ invites us to come to him in all circumstances, with our supplications and requests, notwithstanding the sin that besets us. Our prayers must always be offered in submission to the will of God. In some things they are speedily answered; in others they are granted in the best manner, though not as requested. We ought to pray for others, as well as for ourselves. There are sins that war against spiritual life in the soul, and the life above. We cannot pray that the sins of the impenitent and unbelieving should, while they are such, be forgiven them; or that mercy, which supposes the forgiveness of sins, should be granted to them, while they wilfully continue such. But we may pray for their repentance, for their being enriched with faith in Christ, and thereupon for all other saving mercies. We should pray for others, as well as for ourselves, beseeching the Lord to pardon and recover the fallen, as well as to relieve the tempted and afflicted. And let us be truly thankful that no sin, of which any one truly repents, is unto death.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 11:24
Commentary on Mark 11:19-26
(Read Mark 11:19-26)
The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works. Christ taught them from hence to pray in faith. It may be applied to that mighty faith with which all true Christians are endued, and which does wonders in spiritual things. It justifies us, and so removes mountains of guilt, never to rise up in judgment against us. It purifies the heart, and so removes mountains of corruption, and makes them plain before the grace of God. One great errand to the throne of grace is to pray for the pardon of our sins; and care about this ought to be our daily concern.