The case for persistence in prayer

Abstract

"Perhaps the most unpopular concept with regard to prayer is that of persist- ent petition. Is it necessary to bring the same issue to, God time after time? Many argue that the believer should not continually bring the same matter repeatedly before the Father. It is contended that one should bring a request to the Father once and then sit back in faith and wait until God chooses to grant the request. We are told that to continue to bring the same petition before the Father indi- cates a lack of faith. All of this might sound very logical, but it is not Biblical. Christ went out of his way to teach the crucial necessity of determined persist- ence in effective prayer. He not only taught it, he also practiced it."