prayer with faith

last Sunday when Sherri and I were praying, she asked that I pray for her class registration. so we did it very routinely. we said something like please let it be smooth and let her get all the classes she wanted, and that was it. that prayer had no energy nor faith. i didn't even feel peace after that prayer. when the morning came (i called her to wake her up, then i was planning to go back to sleep), I remembered that last time it took her 3 hours to get into the system. so i sort of prayed again that the system would run smoothly. suddenly, i felt it was useless if i didn't pray with faith. so i decided that i would pray until I'm confident that the system will let her in quickly. to my surprise, it only took me 30 sec to get to the state where i felt peace and comforting. it felt like a decision i had to make; i decided that i will trust in the lord and believe that he will make this happen. that afternoon Sherri told me she logged in within 5 minutes! Praise the Lord! it really makes a difference when we pray with faith and know that he is God!