Because God lives in eternity, each of your approaches to Him is in His constant now, experienced anew each time as though it was the very first. To God, nothing ever becomes old, nor does He grow tired of hearing your heart. So, pray as though it is always your first, with the same belief and intensity, or do not pray at all. This is an important key in praying believing. For often when you have to repeat your petition, He is simply wanting to see if in time your faith from the first diminishes in each succeeding. And when your persistence prevails with identical initial intensity, or greater, He will reward such faith with His corresponding answer. So was Jesus' teachings on prayer and His response to many whose petitions were persistent, declaring never had He seen such faith! (Mat.15:21-28; Lk.18:8).
- THIS IS PRAYER!
- Prayers Of Persistence Are Not Prayers Of Repetition, But Ones Spoken Anew Each Time As Though Uttered For The Very First, That Faith Might Not Falter! (John 11:26-27,40)
- AND SO PRAY:
- "Father, hear my prayer repeated today. May my faith in which first uttered remain firm and not falter. And when you see the faith with which it is offered, you may on this occasion, acknowledge and answer."