HOW TO PRAY (PART 11)

Scripture: Luke 11: 5-8

 

Topic: One hundred Percent answered prayer (Part 11)

 

In this series of our Quiet Time, we study ways in which a believer can receive one hundred percent answers to their prayers. Prayer is not part of the ministry but Prayer IS the ministry. The “Lord of the harvest” is waiting to answer our prayers as concerns the harvest fields that are already white and ripe for harvest. 

 

10    The tenth step to one hundred per cent answered prayer is: Persistence  

 

Persisting in prayer is a guaranteed way to get one hundred per cent prayer results. Jesus gave two vivid examples of how persistence gives one hundred per cent answered prayer. I want you to read them carefully. 

 

“And he said unto them, which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.”

                                                                                                                   Luke 11:5-8

“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, there was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                  Luke 18:1-8

 

Persisting means repeating! It means you will tirelessly g to the Lord in prayer. It means you will shamelessly cry to the Lord until He responds. Persistence brings results even in the natural. Sometimes I receive a phone call, but I am unable to answer because I am too far from the phone. As I approach the phone, I have often thought to myself, “If only this caller would persist, I will answer the phone.” Sometimes by the time I get to the phone, the person has given up. There are some who call back. There are some who keep calling until I answer.

 

This principle of persistence brings results in many spheres of life. The principles of persistence works in prayer as well. I did not say it, Jesus did!

 

Jesus said very clearly that you would get results if you pray and pray and pray! The reason why you will get results is because you keep praying. Someone may ask, “Does the principle of persistence not contradict the principle of faith? After all, when using the key of faith, you wouldn’t have to pray more than once!” What you must understand here is that there are different ways of expressing faith.

 

 

Praying once is one expression of faith

 

Praying over and over about the same issue, with a determination never to stop until you get an answer is also another expression of faith. Each of these two expressions of faith is valid. Each of these two expressions of faith brings results. Each of these two expressions of faith was recommended by Jesus. Each of these two expressions of faith can make God answer your prayer.

 

There are many Christians who can testify about how they prayed persistently until God answered! There are also many others who have great testimonies about praying once and receiving answers. Jesus did not teach on only one of these styles of prayer. He taught both methods and guaranteed one hundred per cent results in each case.

 

You can liken faith and persistence to killing a cat in different ways. You can beat it, drown it, poison it, shoot it or decapitate it. All of these methods will lead to a hundred per cent result – a hundred per cent dead cat! Decided today to use any of these two keys. Both of these keys are failure proof. “Faith” prayers work all the time. Persistence works all the time. God has given you two assured methods of receiving 100 per cent answered prayer.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

How to pray

Bishop Dag Heward - Mills

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