Importunate- (Dictionary Definition)
1 troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
2 troublesome
Importunity- acting importunate.
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'Importunity is made up of intensity, perseverance, patience and persistence. The seeming delay in answering prayer is the ground and the demand of importunity.
In the first recorded instance of a miracle being wrought upon one who was blind, as given by Matthew, we have an illustration of the way in which our Lord appeared not to hearken at once to those who sought Him. But the two blind men continue their crying, and follow Him with their continual petition, saying, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." But He answered them not, and passed into the house. Yet the needy ones followed Him, and, finally, gained their eyesight and their plea.
(((Mat 9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Mat 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Mat 9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.))))
The case of blind Bartimaeus is a notable one in many ways. Especially is it remarkable for the show of persistence which this blind man exhibited in appealing to our Lord. If it be -- as it seems -- that his first crying was done as Jesus entered into Jericho, and that he continued it until Jesus came out of the place, it is all the stronger an illustration of the necessity of importunate prayer and the success which comes to those who stake their all on Christ, and give Him no peace until He grants them their hearts' desire.
Mark puts the whole incident graphically before us. At first, Jesus seems not to hear. The crowd rebukes the noisy clamour of Bartimaeus. Despite the seeming unconcern of our Lord, however, and despite the rebuke of an impatient and quick-tempered crowd, the blind beggar still cries, and increases the loudness of his cry, until Jesus is impressed and moved. Finally, the crowd, as well as Jesus, hearken to the beggar's plea and
declare in favour of his cause. He gains his case. His importunity avails even in the face of apparent neglect on the part of Jesus, and despite opposition and rebuke from the surrounding populace. His persistence won where half-hearted indifference would surely have failed.'
(((Mar 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mar 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Mar 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
Mar 10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Mar 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. ))))
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 34)
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TRUTH-
'Importunity is made up of intensity, perseverance, patience and persistence. The seeming delay in answering prayer is the ground and the demand of importunity. '
INTENSITY.
PERSEVERANCE.
PATIENCE.
PERSISTENCE.
Do we have these? Or are our prayers void of any real desire?
We CANNOT live in this world and NOT have petitions for our Heavenly Father!
Jesus did NOT live in this world and NOT have petitions for His Heavenly Father!
We cannot expect to have a REAL relationship with our Heavenly Father is we are not praying REAL prayers.
You CAN have a false relationship with our Heavenly Father, and you can pray prayers that are empty, that are meaningless. And in that false relationship with your false prayers you can be under the delusion that you are in a real relationship and really praying. Satan LOVES to deceive us! Satan LIVES to deceive us! At every step He is there trying to trick us, to trip us up. Satan is NOT God however, and Satan does NOT know everything! Satan does not know the end from the beginning, to believe that he does would mean putting him on the same level as God and that's where he wants us to believe he exists. Satan wants us to give him the same powers as God, because if we do that then we believe him to be a god and not an angel at all, not a creation of God's, but a god in his own right which is what he wants to be- it was THAT pride which filled his heart that caused his downfall. He wants to be like the Most High.
'Isa_14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. '
So I ask you, is your praying REAL? Is your relationship with God, our Heavenly Father, a real relationship?
When we settle down to say our prayers- is there any earnestness in those prayers? Is there any intensity at all?
Jesus set Himself apart to do a lot of His praying--
Mat_14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone
Luk_6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luk_11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Jesus is our example. When we are told that He went to pray, when we are told He went alone to pray, when we are told He continued all night in prayer to God, what are we to get from this? Our SAVIOR needed to PRAY! And our Savior needed to pray CONSTANTLY! If our SAVIOR, if the Son of GOD needed to pray to the Heavenly Father, we do we imagine that we can get by on a short simple pretend prayer, a prayer that is prayed by memorization, by rote? Why do we think that suffices? Do you imagine as Jesus spent an entire night in prayer that it was just a constant repetition, without any real feeling, without any real importunate behavior? Or can you imagine Him praying deeply, earnestly, and revealing His heart to His Father in His prayers. We have this example…
Joh 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Joh 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Joh 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Joh 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
Joh 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Joh 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Joh 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Joh 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Joh 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Joh 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Joh 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
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SUCH PRAYER! A prayer we've been blessed to know, to read, to comprehend, to read over and over knowing that OUR SAVIOR prayed this to HIS FATHER, to OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. Jesus did NOT simple recite what has come to be known as 'The Lord's Prayer', Jesus spoke from HIS heart to His Father! This too is our example! This too is something we must comprehend and realize as we too PRAY as our Savior prayed! We need to glorify our God in our prayers and seek Him earnestly as Jesus sought Him as Jesus petitioned Him for us!
Please LORD, Bless us! Help us to PRAY as we ought to pray! Let the Holy Spirit intercede for us! Let us be One with You Heavenly Father and One with our Savior, Your Son who gave His life for us!
Please LORD, please! Bless us! We will NOT let You go lest You bless us!
All in YOUR LOVE, by YOUR GRACE and MERCY!
1 troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
2 troublesome
Importunity- acting importunate.
*******
'Importunity is made up of intensity, perseverance, patience and persistence. The seeming delay in answering prayer is the ground and the demand of importunity.
In the first recorded instance of a miracle being wrought upon one who was blind, as given by Matthew, we have an illustration of the way in which our Lord appeared not to hearken at once to those who sought Him. But the two blind men continue their crying, and follow Him with their continual petition, saying, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." But He answered them not, and passed into the house. Yet the needy ones followed Him, and, finally, gained their eyesight and their plea.
(((Mat 9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Mat 9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Mat 9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.))))
The case of blind Bartimaeus is a notable one in many ways. Especially is it remarkable for the show of persistence which this blind man exhibited in appealing to our Lord. If it be -- as it seems -- that his first crying was done as Jesus entered into Jericho, and that he continued it until Jesus came out of the place, it is all the stronger an illustration of the necessity of importunate prayer and the success which comes to those who stake their all on Christ, and give Him no peace until He grants them their hearts' desire.
Mark puts the whole incident graphically before us. At first, Jesus seems not to hear. The crowd rebukes the noisy clamour of Bartimaeus. Despite the seeming unconcern of our Lord, however, and despite the rebuke of an impatient and quick-tempered crowd, the blind beggar still cries, and increases the loudness of his cry, until Jesus is impressed and moved. Finally, the crowd, as well as Jesus, hearken to the beggar's plea and
declare in favour of his cause. He gains his case. His importunity avails even in the face of apparent neglect on the part of Jesus, and despite opposition and rebuke from the surrounding populace. His persistence won where half-hearted indifference would surely have failed.'
(((Mar 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mar 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Mar 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
Mar 10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Mar 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. ))))
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 34)
*******
TRUTH-
'Importunity is made up of intensity, perseverance, patience and persistence. The seeming delay in answering prayer is the ground and the demand of importunity. '
INTENSITY.
PERSEVERANCE.
PATIENCE.
PERSISTENCE.
Do we have these? Or are our prayers void of any real desire?
We CANNOT live in this world and NOT have petitions for our Heavenly Father!
Jesus did NOT live in this world and NOT have petitions for His Heavenly Father!
We cannot expect to have a REAL relationship with our Heavenly Father is we are not praying REAL prayers.
You CAN have a false relationship with our Heavenly Father, and you can pray prayers that are empty, that are meaningless. And in that false relationship with your false prayers you can be under the delusion that you are in a real relationship and really praying. Satan LOVES to deceive us! Satan LIVES to deceive us! At every step He is there trying to trick us, to trip us up. Satan is NOT God however, and Satan does NOT know everything! Satan does not know the end from the beginning, to believe that he does would mean putting him on the same level as God and that's where he wants us to believe he exists. Satan wants us to give him the same powers as God, because if we do that then we believe him to be a god and not an angel at all, not a creation of God's, but a god in his own right which is what he wants to be- it was THAT pride which filled his heart that caused his downfall. He wants to be like the Most High.
'Isa_14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. '
So I ask you, is your praying REAL? Is your relationship with God, our Heavenly Father, a real relationship?
When we settle down to say our prayers- is there any earnestness in those prayers? Is there any intensity at all?
Jesus set Himself apart to do a lot of His praying--
Mat_14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone
Luk_6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luk_11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Jesus is our example. When we are told that He went to pray, when we are told He went alone to pray, when we are told He continued all night in prayer to God, what are we to get from this? Our SAVIOR needed to PRAY! And our Savior needed to pray CONSTANTLY! If our SAVIOR, if the Son of GOD needed to pray to the Heavenly Father, we do we imagine that we can get by on a short simple pretend prayer, a prayer that is prayed by memorization, by rote? Why do we think that suffices? Do you imagine as Jesus spent an entire night in prayer that it was just a constant repetition, without any real feeling, without any real importunate behavior? Or can you imagine Him praying deeply, earnestly, and revealing His heart to His Father in His prayers. We have this example…
Joh 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Joh 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Joh 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Joh 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
Joh 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Joh 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Joh 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Joh 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Joh 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Joh 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Joh 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
*******
SUCH PRAYER! A prayer we've been blessed to know, to read, to comprehend, to read over and over knowing that OUR SAVIOR prayed this to HIS FATHER, to OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. Jesus did NOT simple recite what has come to be known as 'The Lord's Prayer', Jesus spoke from HIS heart to His Father! This too is our example! This too is something we must comprehend and realize as we too PRAY as our Savior prayed! We need to glorify our God in our prayers and seek Him earnestly as Jesus sought Him as Jesus petitioned Him for us!
Please LORD, Bless us! Help us to PRAY as we ought to pray! Let the Holy Spirit intercede for us! Let us be One with You Heavenly Father and One with our Savior, Your Son who gave His life for us!
Please LORD, please! Bless us! We will NOT let You go lest You bless us!
All in YOUR LOVE, by YOUR GRACE and MERCY!
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