Jesus taught a message
about how to pray that is radically different from what we hear in many
circles today. You see, many feel that we are to pray for someone only
one time and then cease praying for them.
These people reason
that if we pray once and they don’t receive, they either have sin in
their life or they have no faith. This, however, is not what Jesus
taught. See the following Scripture.
Luke 18:1-8
1 And he spake
a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint;
2 Saying,
There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there
was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of
mine adversary.
4 And he would
not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not
God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming
she weary me.
6 And the Lord
said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall
not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though
he bear long with them?
8 I tell you
that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? (KJV)
This is very simple.
Jesus said that even a judge who could care less about the plight or
justice of a widow would move to her defense if it would benefit the
unjust judge. Then Jesus said that God also would indeed avenge the
needs of His own elect when “they cry unto him day and night.”
Now, crying unto God
day and night doesn’t sound much like the religious cliché’s going
around the land today. No. When we pray and minister for and to someone
and the answer is not immediate, we stay the course. We do not quit. We
continue to pray for them until God avenges them based upon our own
“crying out day and night unto Him.”
Paul buttresses what
Jesus taught. He said that we are to pray without ceasing. See the
following Scripture.
1Thes 5:17
17 Pray without
ceasing. (KJV)
Matthew faithfully
recorded Jesus' additional teaching on this subject. See the following
Scriptures.
Matt 7:7-8
7 Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. (KJV)
In the preceding
verses, "ask," "seek," and "knock" are three Greek present tense verbs.
Greek present tense verbs are primarily used to designate an action as
"continuous action in present time." Consequently, the above verse means
to ask and "keep on asking," to seek and "keep on seeking" and to knock
and "keep on knocking" continuously in present time.
The ones asking and
keeping on asking will receive.
Doing things Jesus’ way
gets results. Doing anything based on the lack of faith of many today is
disastrous, powerless and leaves the people for whom we pray absolutely
helpless. Stay the course dear ones and you will win. You will receive.
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