NEVER GIVE UP! PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

Faith Filled Thoughts
September 25th, 2008
By Connie Ciccone
Please share our website with your friends and family
http://www.faithitout.com/blog.html
www.faithitout.com

Faith Filled thoughts released Monday –Friday excluding Holidays



NEVER GIVE UP! PRAY WITHOUT CEASING


Scripture: Luke 18:1 (Amplified) "Always pray ... do not turn coward, faint, lose heart and give up."

This scripture deals with a widow who received justice from a judge. The judge gives his account of the situation and explains why he granted her justice. He did not avenge her because he reverenced and feared God. Neither did he grant her petition because he had respect and consideration for her as a person. The judge avenged her because he began to realize that she was not going to give him any peace until she got some answers. Every time he turned around, she was there, and her voice was in his ears. She was bothersome and an intolerable annoyance to him.

In verse seven, Jesus said, just like this unjust judge, "Shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?" How many answers do we fail to receive because we quit praying and give up? James 5:16 says, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." This speaks of Elijah's earnest prayers concerning rain. His was not a "one time" prayer. I Kings 18:42-43 tells us that Elijah cast himself down upon the earth, put his face between his knees, and prayed seven times until he saw that his answer was on the way. Effective prayer continues until there are results. It is like boiling a pot of water. Water must reach 212 degrees before it begins to boil. We can stand there and wait until it reaches 210 degrees and give up each time just before it starts to boil, or we can see the process through.

In Mark 8:22-25, Jesus put His hands on a blind man the second time before the man's vision was restored completely. And Daniel's prayer was heard from the first day that he prayed, but his answer was delayed twenty-one days (Daniel 10:12). Faith holds on until the answer comes. You must never give in to disappointment and discouragement if you want to experience victory. Luke 11:9 (Amplified) says, "Ask and keep on asking, and it shall be given unto you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door shall be opened to you."

Sometimes we all feel like our prayers will never be answered, but if you take a very good look back they always were in one shape or form.

Never Give Up Pray Without Ceasing

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie