Galatians 3:1-5 / Luke 11:5:13
To have faith means to believe that God loves us and that He cares for us and will hear our prayers.
It also means that what God can and will do for us is much more than what we can do for ourselves.
And what seems impossible for us is certainly not impossible for God.
The gospel parable tells of a man who goes to his friend in the middle of the night to ask for bread for a visitor.
Jesus ends off the parable by saying that if that man's friend does not get up and give the bread to the man for friendship's sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give that man all he wants.
But the persistence is not out of the man's belief in his own ability to get his friend to give in to what he was requesting.
The persistence is out of the belief in God who has the power to change hearts and minds to do what He wants.
So as we pray, let us entrust our cares and needs to the Lord who knows our minds and hearts.
As we pray, let us open our hearts and minds to the Holy Spirit who will show us what God's plans are and how to carry it out.