「耶穌對他說，去罷，你的兒子活了。那人信耶穌對他所說的話，就去了。」－約翰福音 4:50
「你們禱告祈求...只要信。」－馬可福音 11:24
當有一件事需要明確的禱告時，你需要持續禱告，直到你相信，直到你能用無偽的嘴唇讚頌祂的應允。
若你的應允尚在半路，不要用一種不信的姿態來禱告。這樣的禱告只會是個攔阻；當你結束禱告時，你會發現你的信心已逐漸減少，甚至完全消逝。讓你發出這樣的禱告的，很顯然的，來自撒但和你的己。
若祂遲延你的禱告，你可以向祂一次次的求問，但別失了信心。切莫禱告失了信心！你可以告訴祂你正在等待，你依舊相信，你仍在讚美。沒有什麼能更堅固信心，若你能持續對祂遲延的應允發出感謝。
一個讓我們失了信心的禱告，不但否認了祂信實的話，也排擠了祂在我們心中輕聲的耳語：「好」。如此的禱告顯示了我們搖動的心，也顯示了我們對禱告的不信。「但我們已經相信的人，得以進入那安息。」（希伯來書4:3）
會讓我們失了信心的禱告，必是我們只注意環境本身，而非神的應許。亞伯拉罕「雖然想到自己的身體如同已死，...總沒有因不信而疑惑神的應許」（羅4:19-20）讓我們儆醒禱告，不要落入試探，在禱告中失了信心。－C.H.P.
信心不是感覺，不是眼見，也非推想，而是在神的話中抓住祂。－伊文思
焦急的開始是信心的結束，信心的開始是焦急的結束。－喬治.穆勒
"Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way" (John 4:50).
"When ye pray, believe" (Mark 11:24).When there is a matter that requires definite prayer, pray till you believe God, until with unfeigned lips you can thank Him for the answer. If the answer still tarries outwardly, do not pray for it in such a way that it is evident that you are not definitely believing for it. Such a prayer in place of being a help will be a hindrance; and when you are finished praying, you will find that your faith has weakened or has entirely gone. The urgency that you felt to offer this kind of prayer is clearly from self and Satan. It may not be wrong to mention the matter in question to the Lord again, if He is keeping you waiting, but be sure you do so in such a way that it implies faith. Do not pray yourself out of faith. You may tell Him that you are waiting and that you are still believing Him and therefore praise Him for the answer. There is nothing that so fully clinches faith as to be so sure of the answer that you can thank God for it. Prayers that pray us out of faith deny both God's promise in His Word and also His whisper "Yes," that He gave us in our hearts. Such prayers are but the expression of the unrest of one's heart, and unrest implies unbelief in reference to the answer to prayer. "For we which have believed do enter into rest" (Heb. 4:3). This prayer that prays ourselves out of faith frequently arises from centering our thoughts on the difficulty rather than on God's promise. Abraham "considered not his own body," "he staggered not at the promise of God" (Rom. 4:19, 20). May we watch and pray that we enter not into temptation of praying ourselves out of faith. --C. H. P.
Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but a taking God at His Word. --Evans
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. --George Mueller
