“For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:7-8)
In the Bible God encourages us that when we lack wisdom we are to ask of God in faith, without doubting or wavering. The person who lacks faith need not expect anything from God when he prays. We have all heard disinterested praying, or have practiced it ourselves. A pretended prayer, with a pretended life is hypocrisy.
A.T. Robertson wrote in his, Studies in the Epistle of James, “What a commentary is this sentence upon the half-hearted praying, the lack of interest, the worldly-minded passive worship of many modern Christians. There is no wrestling with God in prayer for victory.”
It is no wonder that Prayer Meeting, the most needed of all church services, is the least attended of any. Prayer is the greatest resource available to churches and individuals. It is also the most neglected of all our resources. We must learn to pray in faith.
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