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Realizing God’s Answer to Our Persistent Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Seeing Answered Prayer

Do we have the faith required to persist in prayer, but not the perspective we need to see His answer? Is there depth enough in our belief in prayer, and trust enough in God, that we can continue to pray for an unanswered desire, but lack the understanding of God’s will it requires to see His answer? Pastor E.M. Bounds wrote that "God sees His praying child's faith. He honors this faith that stays and cries by persisting in prayer, so that it is strengthened and enriched. Then He rewards it abundantly." God rewards us in prayer, but we are often expecting it to come in different way than it does.

Praying Persistently, and Knocking as Jesus Does

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Persistence in Prayer

Persistence in prayer is our topic for this morning and at first glance it almost appears that in doing so we are attempting to force our desires on God, but there is more to this practice. God hears every word we utter in prayer and His memory is perfect, so why should we approach Him repeatedly with the same request until it is either granted, or denied? Because Jesus tells us to do so. Pastor E.M. Bounds gave some insight into this practice when he wrote: "it is praying with courage until our cries are [realized]." He went on to describe persistent prayer as "prayer on fire... Not having a feeble, flickering flame or momentary spark, but shines with a vigorous, steady glow." in other words it is a reflection of our faith which stands behind it.

Persistently at His Door

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Persistent Prayer

How persistent are we in prayer? Today our message is in regard to praying persistently and not neglecting our desires and those of others as we pray. In my morning reading Pastor E.M. Bounds referred to this as "a mighty move of the soul toward God." Jesus taught persistence in a parable to demonstrate the importance of being dogged in our prayers, and we either call it “The Parable of the Persistent Widow”, or, because it is so basic to praying, we refer to it as “the Parable on Prayer”.