Praying with Confidence Because God Answers

What if you could pray with boldness, knowing God always hears you? In this encouraging devotional, Sarah Frazer reflects on Mark 11:24 and reminds us that prayer isn’t about how much faith we have—it’s about who we’re putting our faith in. Whether you're praying for peace in a stressful season or asking God for a life-changing breakthrough, this Christian devotional on prayer offers a powerful perspective: God answers because He is good, not because we are perfect.

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📌 What You’ll Learn (Highlights):

• Why Mark 11:24 gives us confidence that God hears and answers our prayers

• The difference between faith in God vs. faith in outcomes

• Biblical examples that prove God’s character as a faithful responder

• Encouragement for when prayers seem unanswered or delayed

• How even “mustard seed faith” connects us to God’s unlimited power

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Full Transcript Below:

Praying with Confidence Because God Answers

By Sarah Frazer

Bible Reading:

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 (ESV)

Devotional

My children ask me all of the time for things. Most of the time they ask me for small things, like food or a drink. Sometimes they are looking for something like a specific shirt or shoes. Occasionally, especially as they have gotten older, the requests tend to be bigger. 

“Will you drive me to the movies with my friends?”

“Can you buy this for me?”

“Can I go here for my birthday?”

“Can you help me fill out this job application?”

Those requests often require more than just a few minutes of my time. As a mother, I want to answer my children’s requests, even it means I am inconvenienced. Sometimes I can, but because I am only human, sometimes I can’t accommodate them.

Aren’t you glad we have a Heavenly Father who is not limited by time, space, or ability?  God the Father never sleeps (Psalm 121) and is always listening to our prayers. (Psalm 116) Not only that, Jesus reminds us in Mark 11 that God answers our prayers. 

Jesus’ declaration in Mark 11:24 is not a new teaching of scripture. All throughout the Old Testament we see reminders of God’s promise to answer His people’s cry. We see this in Exodus when God heard the cries of the Israelites while they were enslaved in Egypt. He heard them and acted to set them free. 

We see this when Hannah cries out to God for a child and she gives birth to Samuel. Or when David asks God for victory, and God grants it. Over and over again the God of the Old Testament answers the prayers of His people. When Jesus comes on the scene in the Gospels, although He is bringing a New Covenant, not based on the law, we see so many things about God’s character that do not change. 

Jesus says that the same God of the Old Testament is the same God of the New Testament. God still answers prayer. It might be tempting to read a verse like Mark 1