I don't think the reference was to having faith in faith.....but faith in Jesus Christ (implied).
Well first you need to pray as Jesus taught us to pray
I didn't learn how to pray just the right way... before I had faith. As a new Christian... I just believed He was... who He said He was.... and got my prayers answered consistently. It's when I started listening to all the "prerequisites" that other Christians deemed necessary to prayer, that I got bogged down in my prayer life for the first time. *chuckle* James 1:6-8.
Do you believe that your faith can override God's will and plan? Or is HE to bend His will to yours?