The Prayer of Faith- Part 1

Faith is required for all forms of prayer, so in some ways to classify a particular prayer as 'the prayer of faith' is a little contrived.
Lynne Hammond rightly points out in 'the Master is Calling':

"Some people have tried to separate the prayer of faith and put it in a category all by itself. They've said, "This particular kind of prayer is the only one in which you release faith." But they're mistaken. Every kind of prayer requires faith. It doesn't matter whether you're praying the prayer of faith, the prayer of agreement, worship, intercession, supplication, or any other kind of prayer, if you're not releasing faith you're not going anywhere."

In many ways the prayer of faith is simply a confident request made of the Lord, based upon His promises, which is requested and received by the believer by faith. We include it here because the Scripture has much to say about this simple yet profound form of supplication.
Mary Alice in Effective Fervent Prayer says of the prayer of faith:

"The Prayer of Faith is based on asking and receiving according to the promises of God in His Word. It has its foundation in everything Jesus has already done for us through the cross and the resurrection."

The promises of the Bible belong to us through Christ, and can be received in our lives by praying this prayer.
Next time we will look at just how to pray this powerful form of prayer.