Note 7 at Mr 11:24: The Greek word translated "desire" here is "AITEO," and it always means "to ask" (Strong's Concordance). This is in contrast with the Greek word "EPITHUMEO," which is used in Mt 13:17; Lu 16:21, 22:15; etc., and means "to desire earnestly" (Vine's Expository Dictionary).

Note 8 at Mr 11:24: This passage illustrates one of the main differences between a God-kind of faith and a human faith. A natural, human faith, which everyone has, believes only what it can see, taste, hear, smell, or feel. God's kind of faith can believe in things that cannot be seen (Ro 4:17 and Heb 11:1). Jesus was making this God-kind of faith a prerequisite to receiving answers to prayer. You must believe that you receive your answer "when ye pray," not when you see the thing you've desired.

Note 9 at Mr 11:24: Some people have mistakenly taken this verse and applied it to intercession for other people. Jesus made it very clear that you would have the things that you desired of the Lord, not that they would have the things that you desired of the Lord for them. Other scriptures give promises for interceding for others, but this scripture is not one of them. This scripture applies to individuals believing and receiving their own desires.

Note 10 at Mr 11:24: As explained in note 8 at this verse, the believing that is required has to be done "when ye pray," while the thing you desire "shall" come to pass in the future. This might be only an instant or even a longer period of time, but the word "shall" does signify future tense.

The Lord moves instantly to answer our prayers that meet His qualifications (see note 49 at Mt 7:7), but He moves in the spiritual realm; His workings are not always immediately evident to our physical senses (see note 50 at Mt 7:8). By faith, we must believe that He is answering our prayers before we see any physical evidence. If we fail to believe until we see something, then that is not faith (2Co 5:7) but rather doubt, and it will cause us not to receive the things that we desired of the Lord (Jas 1:5-7). Faith is our evidence (Heb 11:1), not what we see.