Mark 14 (Gethsemane) is the intentional counterpoint to Mark 11 — Jesus with perfect faith, no sin, no unforgiveness prays and God says NO. Faith means trusting God both when he says yes AND when he says no.

Sharon Dowd: "The theological function of prayer according to 11:22-25 is that prayer serves as the vehicle by which the God who can do the impossible meets the needs of the Christian community. It remains to be seen how prayer functions when God chooses not to intervene." Mark 14:35-36: Jesus — with perfect faith, no sin, no unforgiveness — prays "Abba Father, all things are possible for you, remove this cup from me, yet not what I will but what you will." God says NO. This is exactly the prayer Word of Faith teachers tell people never to pray. But Jesus prays it, and the Lord's Prayer includes "your will be done." Word of Faith teachers lose the context of suffering as God's will. Peter rebuking Jesus about suffering (Mark 8) = mindful of man's things, not God's — a "satanic mindset." Dowd: "What makes discipleship so difficult is not that it involves suffering but that it involves suffering by those who participate in God's power to do the impossible." Real faith = believing when the answer is NO.