John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 11:25
And when ye stand praying ,.... Are about to engage in that work, or are engaged in it, performing it in such a posture; for standing was an usual posture in praying; See Gill on Matthew 6:5 ; forgive, if ye have ought against any, that your Father also in heaven may forgive you your trespasses . The sense is, that if, while a man is praying, it comes into his mind that such an one has committed a trespass against him, has done him an injury, of which he has just reason to complain;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you ,.... For encouragement in prayer more particularly, without which nothing should be attempted, and especially which is above the power of nature, and is of a miraculous kind: whatsoever things ye desire when ye pray ; that is, according to the revealed will of God, is for the confirmation of his Gospel, and for the glory of his name: believe that ye receive them , and ye shall have them ; the petitions that are desired, and the things asked in them: that... read more