THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPORTUNITY IN PRAYER

Luke 11:9     Importunity defined… something that someone insists on having… the act of making intrusions, being unrelenting, consistent.

Ask, and it shall be given you: seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Sometimes we receive the first time we ask. Sometimes we find the first time we seek,

Sometimes the door is opened the first time we knock.

That’s what happened in Acts 12 when earnest prayer by the church was made for Peter’s release from prison.

Even while they were yet praying Peter was knocking at the door.

All it took for the woman with the issue of blood was one touch and she was instantly healed.

It would seem God sometimes picks up the phone the first ring.

There are times that God immediately answers the faintest and weakest cry for help. No waiting!

But God doesn’t always answer on the first ring. Sometimes He even puts us on hold.

Sometimes we have to knock and keep on knocking ask and keep on asking… seek and keep on seeking.

This doesn’t mean we have a lack of faith, or that God is a grudging God. Could it be as the scripture says… praying in the Spirit building up your most Holy faith!

Prayer is both a privilege and a responsibility. The greater the privilege the greater the responsibility.

I encourage you today to pray in faith, pray with persistence. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength,

they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.

Keep on asking, keep on knocking and keep on seeking, Until your prayer is answered, the secret to answered prayer

is never give up, never quit praying… PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! MY Word for YOU today is KEEP YOUR KNEES DOWN AND YOUR CHIN UP!