{"id":9611,"date":"2022-02-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9611"},"modified":"2022-02-11T21:13:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T21:13:55","slug":"persistent-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9611","title":{"rendered":"PERSISTENT PRAYER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>&nbsp;A persistent prayer before God calls for<em>&nbsp;Asking, Seeking, Knocking<\/em>&nbsp;before God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Luke 18:1-30<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be seeking God with prayer demands praying in the word of God.<br \/>Prayer calls for faith to gain from God.<br \/>The word of apostle speaks to all,&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.\u201d (Acts 6:4)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>What is it that you are asking God to change in your life yet with no manifestation?&nbsp;<br \/>To seek God with prayer demands giving self to continual prayer, a persistent prayer before God.&nbsp;<br \/>A persistent prayer before God calls for<em>&nbsp;Asking, Seeking, Knocking<\/em>&nbsp;before God until the answer is delivered.<br \/>It is the character of God not to ignore the calling on Him.<br \/>God always answers yes, no, or wait when calls on Him with persistent prayer.<br \/>The parable of Jesus in&nbsp;<strong><em>Luke 18:1-8<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;records for all to know that God is a caring God that will not ignore persistent just as a judge could not.<br \/>A widow needed justice for an adversary.&nbsp;<br \/>The persistence of the widow prompts the response of the judge.<br \/><strong><em>Luke 18:4-5&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>documents,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cThere was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Get justice for me from my adversary.\u2019 And he would not for a while; but afterward, he said within himself, \u2018Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.\u2019 \u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Jesus speaks in response to the judge,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cHear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>For your expectation that seems with no manifestation at sight, there is reason to engage persistent prayer by asking, seeking, and knocking that is the evidence of FAITH.<br \/>In the time of expectation for manifestation, it is worth knowing that:<br \/>FAITH should not be a mouth noise.<br \/>FAITH is not a fanfare (a display or elaboration) but to engage God to experience manifestation for expectation.<br \/>FAITH is not an effort to impress anyone but press on to experience God.<br \/>With faith, be one with persistent prayer by asking, seeking, and knocking the way of God, give heart to God.<br \/>With heart given to God, eyes will observe His ways as&nbsp;<strong><em>Proverbs 23:26<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;says,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cMy son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Ask that you begin to see in His ways, to live a life for God, not of waste life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong><em>&nbsp;Ask that God enables you to know His way in all the days He has given you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:&nbsp;A persistent prayer before God calls for&nbsp;Asking, Seeking, Knocking&nbsp;before God. Luke 18:1-30 To be seeking God with prayer demands praying in the word of God.Prayer calls for faith to gain from God.The word of apostle speaks to all,&nbsp;&#8220;but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.\u201d (Acts 6:4)What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9611\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PERSISTENT PRAYER<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9614,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9611\/revisions\/9614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}