(Jesus said,) "Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who ask, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds." Matthew 7:7-8 NLT.
There are times when we have been praying to God to act in a certain situation in our lives or in the lives of others. As time passes by we can become weary of asking God for His intervention! God is looking for people to give themselves to earnest, persevering prayer. Jesus is telling us in these verses to be persistent in prayer for what we desire as the widow was in Luke 18:1-8. If we just asked once and got what we wanted without really seeking God consistently in relationship with Him, our faith would become "shallow" and our walk with Him would be weak at best! It is in the areas where we have to persevere in prayer that we learn persistence in prayer! As we persevere in prayer and not give up-even when things are not changing at the moment, we will grow closer to God, our faith will grow, and we will see the blessings flow! Whatever we are waiting for in the Lord, we must persevere in prayer and seek Him as much as possible everyday until the answer comes! He promises to answer us when we call. Let's ask God by the power of the Holy Spirit to give us an extra measure of faith to believe Him for what we've asked for! "Blessings!"
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BEGAN TO PRAY, NOR TO PRAY ARIGHT; NOR IS IT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE FOR A TIME TO PRAY; BUT WE MUST PATIENTLY, BELIEVINGLY, CONTINUE IN PRAYER UNTIL WE OBTAIN AN ANSWER. (George Muller)
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