How do we pray???

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If you’re now struggling with Faith (doubt, unbelief, double-mindedness), how do you pray about it? Do you cast it out as in “you spirit of doubt, unbelief, double-mindedness, I cast you out of me”, or you pray as in asking God restore your faith as in “Father God restore my faith etc etc”????. Same as Fear( worry,overthinking, anxiety) , should it be “you spirit, I cast you out”? or “Father God help me with this fear”????
 

Lynx

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Howdy and welcome to the Forum.

For the purpose of clarification, I'm going to rephrase your question the way I think you're asking it, and then ask you if that is what you meant.

"When you are praying against doubt and unbelief, should you be taking up the authority God has given you and praying against it, or should you be asking God for help with it? Same question about fear and anxiety. Should you be proclaiming God's power against it, or asking God to take care of it for you?"

Is that what you are asking?
 
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Howdy and welcome to the Forum.

For the purpose of clarification, I'm going to rephrase your question the way I think you're asking it, and then ask you if that is what you meant.

"When you are praying against doubt and unbelief, should you be taking up the authority God has given you and praying against it, or should you be asking God for help with it? Same question about fear and anxiety. Should you be proclaiming God's power against it, or asking God to take care of it for you?"

Is that what you are asking?
Thank you. That's how I wanted to phrase it
 

Lynx

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Thank you. That's how I wanted to phrase it
Interesting question.

We are commanded to love. That means it is a decision for us to make, and God told us to make that decision. That is up to us. We are told to take authority against demons. That one is up to us.

The Bible says give us this day our daily bread. That is something we ask God for, not something we command into our lives by the authority God has given us. That is up to God.

About faith and doubt, fear and anxiety, that's a good question. I can't off the top of my head think of any specific verse that pertains to it.
 

Mem

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God's word possesses the Supreme Authority over demon's and serpents. You can either 'correct' the demons with God's word when they try to introduce doubt into your thinking or lie to you about God's power to deliver you from them. Even though I might know such verses as "Be still and know that I am God..." and "Fear not, for I am with you..." by heart, it seems to 'reinforce' it, again, in my spirit, to revisit them. It's like seeing them written, no matter how many times, edifies me and this makes sense since God's word is "living" and "sharper than a two-edged sword..."
And as I think on it further, I wonder at the meaning of "able to divide soul and spirit" is conveying its ability to separate that 'double-mindedness,' dividing our unbelieving flesh tendency to doubt from the believing spirit so that our faith may flourish unhindered! :D
 

Mem

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p.s. At university, I learned about different ways each student may be inclined to 'learn' best. For example, some learn best by reading (seeing) the text, some by listening to it being read (hearing), and others by copying it and writing it out (doing), So, when I especially need an 'extra boost,' I write out entire passages so that I see and hear God's word as I "do it."