1 Nephi 18:21

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21 And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm.

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Remember that the commandment is not just to have faith in a general sense. We are to have faith in a person, faith in Jesus Christ. When we seek to understand that better, we’ll understand why we are to end all of our prayers “in the name of Jesus Christ.” When we pray in that manner, we’re asking for the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ to intervene on our behalf. If we can keep our faith centered in him it will help us to have much more power than if we pray without such faith….

It is faith in Christ that will deliver us from our own bonds; it is increasing our faith in Christ that will give us added power in prayer.

Gene R. Cook, Receiving Answers to Our Prayers, [<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Salt Lake City</st1:City>; <st1:place w:st="on">Deseret</st1:place> Book, 1996] 17-18<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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