12 Sep 2013
Thoughts#2948
Be
persistent
What
do you do when you become exhausted in prayer, desperate of ever seeing God
answer?
Do
you give up?
Write
God off as being deaf, uncaring, or not true to His Word?
Do
not quit. Do not lose hope. In Luke 11:1 - 13 Jesus tells us to persist until
we see the answer. We are to keep on asking until it's given to us. We're to
keep on seeking until we find it. We are to keep on knocking until the door is
opened. Ask, seek, and knock are all present tense verbs here in the original
Greek, which means that they speak of continuous or habitual action. Therefore,
if we believe Jesus means what He says, we'll do what He tells us to do.
One
of the major keys to answered prayer is persistence. . . .
Bear
in mind that God’s ways is not our ways. If there is a delay in the answer, you
can be sure it is because God has a purpose.
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