Saturday, November 8, 2025

The keys to The Door

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
- James 5:15

Have you ever been on the wrong side of a locked door? Maybe you’ve left your keys in the car or locked yourself out of the house. The door is in your way; you want be on the other side of that door.

Perhaps you feel that way when you pray. You know God is there; you know He’s powerful enough to heal the sick and make the blind see, but your words seem to bounce off a door between you and God. You know the power that is available on the other side of the door, yet you can’t access it. Faith is the hinge on which the door swings. It is the essential element, the one inescapable condition of successful prayer. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that everyone “who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

To pray in faith is to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that God is real, that He cares deeply about everything that concerns you, that He’s listening intently to everything you have to say and that He is able to move mountains to provide a miracle for you.

Further Reading

• Psalms 118:19-21
• Luke 11:5-10
• Luke 18:1-8