Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Don’t be put off thinking that this is just something that Christians say to each other to lift up our spirits… This is what Jesus said!

Lift up your prayers with confidence. Know that He is listening. Know that He answers prayers. Know that He has promised us this.

Yes I do take great confidence in verses like this, but I take more from looking back and seeing how many prayers God has already answered for me.

Thank Him now for all His answers!

1 John 5:15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

There is no way God is not going to listen to Himself! I know we talk to ourselves at times and we may not even listen when we do talk… but God does because His words are truth.

So when we do know that the Holy Spirit is praying for us, we know our prayers are reaching Him, not just our own, but His as well!

We have a great history through time written down in our bibles showing us that God honours prayers – so start asking with confidence!

Romans 8:27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

We may know the next verse better than this one, but it is because of this verse that God knows about us and about our own wishes.

Jesus promised us the Holy Spirit would be with us and He would care for us and comfort us.

Part of loving and caring is praying for each other in earnest! If we truly love someone we will find it very easy to pray for them constantly.

God really does love us and the Holy Spirit will always pray for us!