Morning with Ebenezer

THE PERSISTENT PRAYER

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:7 NIV

Sometimes once isn't enough, and one prayer hasn't said it all or broken through. When we say persistent prayer is that kind of prayer which you pray without giving up, which shows an earnest desire to receive the answer. 

Synonyms for the word persist include to carry on,dig in, hang on, keep up, follow through with, knuckle down, abide, endure, hold on, hold up, last, remain, linger, stay, stick around, tarry, carry through, and prevail. This may not sound like your prayer life, because many of us go weary in prayer. We stop praying because the answer did not come in the time which we wanted. The enemy will not stop making war with the saints because he knows he has a short time.

We see the example of Hannah who continued in prayer to the point that the priest Eli thought she was drunk( 1 Sam. 1:12-13). Hannah persisted until she got an answer- her son Samuel. I don't know what you have been praying to God all this time; I don't know what made you to stop telling Him to do something for you. But one thing I know, if you keep persisting, the answer will come to you soon.

This morning, God wants you to know you don't need to cease praying.  You need to continue crying before Him, begging Him if you want His touch in your life. You need to remind him about your need in the morning when you wake up, in the afternoon during your lunch, and in the evening before you go to sleep.

John Eckhardt says these words in His book, Prayers That Release Heaven and Move Mountains. People in the Bible who wanted a touch from Jesus did everything wrong according to the way the church people thought it needed to be done. They were loud. They were desperate. They were inappropriate. They cried out. They bowed low. They embarrassed themselves with others.

They begged. They had mountains that needed to be moved, and they didn't care what was in the way of getting to Jesus. They just knew He was the One with the answer, and they did not give up asking and crying out to Him until they had their breakthrough.

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Like Elijah I will pray earnestly, and the rain will be subject to my prayers. In Jesus' Name, Amen.