“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” -Mark 9:24

Here’s an example of complete honesty: The man in the verse above had a son that was possessed with an evil spirit, and he wanted Jesus to heal him. Jesus asked if he believed, and he replied that he did believe, but that Jesus should help him with his unbelief.

Would we have dared to be so honest with the Lord? Would we not have stopped short and simply said, “Lord, I believe!” Neverminding the fact that perhaps, deep down inside, that may very well be a lie.

Yet this man, he was honest about his own shortcomings. And when we are in prayer, and asking the Lord for something, we ought to have the same honesty.

If we pray for spiritual revival, and we do not seem to have a heart to pray, and we seem to lack a passion even to pray to be revived, we ought to coldly state:

“Lord we are in complete coldness, and we feel little passion for revival. Please awaken in us a sense of need for you. We have not the strength even to pray for a revival, and we recognize that even this request comes unto you weakly. Lord, please, strengthen us and anoint our prayers with Your Spirit’s power. Amen.”

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