'In these parables of importunate praying, our Lord sets forth, for our information and
encouragement, the serious difficulties which stand in the way of prayer. At the same
time He teaches that importunity conquers all untoward circumstances and gets to itself
a victory over a whole host of hindrances. He teaches, moreover, that an answer to
prayer is conditional upon the amount of faith that goes to the petition. To test this, He
delays the answer. The superficial pray-er subsides into silence, when the answer is
delayed. But the man of prayer hangs on, and on. The Lord recognizes and honours his
faith, and gives him a rich and abundant answer to his faith-evidencing, importunate
prayer.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 30)
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'The man of prayer- HANGS ON, and ON.'
We do NOT ever stop praying! When we stop praying, we shun our Creator, our Redeemer. When we stop praying we cut ourselves off from the very source of all true love, true compassion. Our Father in Heaven wants to help us, He wants to answer our petitions. He knows the end from the beginning while we only know the past and the present.
Constant praying, continuous praying.
It is true the superficial pray-er STOPS praying.
The superficial pray-er does not have faith.
Faith continues on indefinitely, trusting when to all appearances there is NOTHING to trust! Satan will put up every barrier that he can to get us to stop believing, to stop praying, to kill our faith!
Our prayer must be heartfelt, it must be REAL to our REAL GOD!
We MUST WORSHIP OUR GOD in prayer!
So many would have us live a faith void of true worship of God. They would have us erect ourselves as paramount putting God second, third, fourth, and on down the ladder of importance. How many of us have sacrificed ANYTHING real in order to serve our GOD?
Why do we leave real worship to those we label lunatics and fanatics? They commit vile acts in the name of God so they rightly deserve the label, but their devotion is something tangible. We are afraid to truly worship God, to give Him all of ourselves, to place Him above all in our lives, to PRAY to HIM as we should.
The consistence, insistent, importunate pray-er is one who knows GOD as a reality, not as a wispy fairy godfather just there to grant petitions. God as a reality is God who knows best and allows the worst for the best and we abide by His decisions even as we continue to pray, pray, pray!
We must hang on in our praying. We must never give up or give in to a superficial relationship with our God. We must hold fast enduring everything while not letting go of our God.
Please, LORD, help us to never let go of YOU.
encouragement, the serious difficulties which stand in the way of prayer. At the same
time He teaches that importunity conquers all untoward circumstances and gets to itself
a victory over a whole host of hindrances. He teaches, moreover, that an answer to
prayer is conditional upon the amount of faith that goes to the petition. To test this, He
delays the answer. The superficial pray-er subsides into silence, when the answer is
delayed. But the man of prayer hangs on, and on. The Lord recognizes and honours his
faith, and gives him a rich and abundant answer to his faith-evidencing, importunate
prayer.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 30)
********
'The man of prayer- HANGS ON, and ON.'
We do NOT ever stop praying! When we stop praying, we shun our Creator, our Redeemer. When we stop praying we cut ourselves off from the very source of all true love, true compassion. Our Father in Heaven wants to help us, He wants to answer our petitions. He knows the end from the beginning while we only know the past and the present.
Constant praying, continuous praying.
It is true the superficial pray-er STOPS praying.
The superficial pray-er does not have faith.
Faith continues on indefinitely, trusting when to all appearances there is NOTHING to trust! Satan will put up every barrier that he can to get us to stop believing, to stop praying, to kill our faith!
Our prayer must be heartfelt, it must be REAL to our REAL GOD!
We MUST WORSHIP OUR GOD in prayer!
So many would have us live a faith void of true worship of God. They would have us erect ourselves as paramount putting God second, third, fourth, and on down the ladder of importance. How many of us have sacrificed ANYTHING real in order to serve our GOD?
Why do we leave real worship to those we label lunatics and fanatics? They commit vile acts in the name of God so they rightly deserve the label, but their devotion is something tangible. We are afraid to truly worship God, to give Him all of ourselves, to place Him above all in our lives, to PRAY to HIM as we should.
The consistence, insistent, importunate pray-er is one who knows GOD as a reality, not as a wispy fairy godfather just there to grant petitions. God as a reality is God who knows best and allows the worst for the best and we abide by His decisions even as we continue to pray, pray, pray!
We must hang on in our praying. We must never give up or give in to a superficial relationship with our God. We must hold fast enduring everything while not letting go of our God.
Please, LORD, help us to never let go of YOU.
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