{"id":252,"date":"2020-04-29T03:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T03:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2020-04-26T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T17:44:20","slug":"persist-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/persist-in-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Persist in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, April 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Persist in Prayer\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the confidence we have in His presence: if we ask anything that accords with His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scripture often encourages us to persist or remain in prayer. Often we may pray for something and nothing seems to happen. It isn\u2019t that God is deaf to our prayers. Pastor Rick Warren tells us that God in His infinite wisdom answers every single prayer \u2013 it\u2019s just not always the answer you may want. Pastor Rick goes on to giving us the four answers to look for during prayer.<\/p>\n

When the request is not right, God says, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/strong> Just like parents say \u201cno\u201d to their kids for a hundred good reasons, God doesn\u2019t owe you an explanation every time he says \u201cno\u201d to your request.<\/p>\n

When the timing is not right, God says, \u201cSlow.\u201d<\/strong> There\u2019s a big difference between a delay and a denial. \u201cNo\u201d and \u201cnot yet\u201d are not the same thing, and learning and accepting the difference shows spiritual maturity.<\/p>\n

When the request and timing are right, but you\u2019re not right, God says, \u201cGrow.\u201d<\/strong> He wants to do something in your life before he answers your prayer because you\u2019re not yet ready to handle the answer.<\/p>\n

When the request is right and the timing\u2019s right and you\u2019re right, then God says, \u201cGo.\u201d<\/strong> God often gives us the green light to our prayers\u2014and it\u2019s a reason to celebrate!<\/p>\n

Over the years I have come to understand that there is so much more to prayer than just talking to God. When you pray you should also grow. Prayer isn\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t be one-way. As I talk to God, I also need to listen to Him and, as I gain a clearer understanding of His purposes, I can align my hopes, desires and prayers to the Father\u2019s heart. And, more than that, specific requests increasingly receive specific answers now that I\u2019m asking according to His will.<\/p>\n

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Prayer for today<\/strong>: Father, as I walk with You today, please help me to listen and to hear all that You want me to hear. Help me to persist in prayer and do not lose hope as You are doing an even greater work within me. Please reveal Your heart and purposes for me so that I can pray according to Your will. In the name of Jesus, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, April 29 Persist in Prayer\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 This is the confidence we have in His presence: if we ask anything that accords with His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14 Scripture often encourages us to persist or remain in prayer. Often we may pray for something and nothing seems to happen. It isn\u2019t that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}