04/08/2026
The power of Persistence in Prayer.
Luke 1 : 1 - 13
Prayer, as a force that enforces results, has serveral dimensions. It is a tool for transformation , legislation, warfare, and making requests. For it to serve as a means of relating and communicating with God (Luke 18 : 1), faith is vital ( Mark 12 : 24). Aware of the fact that a prayer - less Christian is a powerless Christian, the disciples saw the need to request that Christ teach them to pray. James 5 : 16b says that the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much.
To achieve results in prayer, it must capture the Supremacy of God (v.2a),the enforcement of God's will on earth ( v.2b), confession of our wickednesses (v.4), supplication ( v.3), and warfare (v.4b).In our text, Jesus told the story of a man in need and who came to his friend's house at midnight. Though the man's friend never wanted to be troubled, claiming that the door was shut and his children were already in bed and he could not rise from bed, but because of their relationship and his friend's persistence, he attended to him. So, as God's children, we must bring our requests to Him in faith and He will answer us.
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