Prayer Paths: Persevering in Prayer with Stephen Venable from Every Home for Christ on Vimeo.
Summary
The New Testament is filled with many examples of prayer and much teaching on prayer. We are told our prayers must be constant, fervent, sober, and filled with faith (1 Thess 5:16, 1 Pet 4:7, Mk 11:24). In addition to these, one of the most important qualities of biblical prayer is persistence. Jesus had a particular emphasis on this theme in His teaching (cf. Luke 11:1-13, 18:1-8). We must understand how we can persevere in prayer, especially when we encounter delay. One of the sources is to renew our confidence that God actually hears our cry. When prayer is not answered the accusation is that God does not care and that our voice is not even reaching Him. We may not understand the reasons for delay, but when we are assured that God does actually hear our prayers then we are encouraged to continue seeking Him and our faith is strengthened that it will yield a response according to God’s timing and plan.
In this message, Stephen looks at powerful stories and surprising teaching from the Bible to strengthen our conviction that God really hears! Spoken on October 18th, 2014 at the monthly EHC Prayer Paths gathering with Dick Eastman.
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