{"id":3559,"date":"2024-11-07T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2024-11-03T20:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T20:04:40","slug":"spiritual-armor-persistent-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/spiritual-armor-persistent-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Armor: Persistent Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, November 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiritual Armor: Persistent Prayer <\/strong><strong>\ud83e\udd32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. <strong>Ephesians 6:18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s words here call us to live a life steeped in prayer. And we\u2019re called to be persistent \u2014 not giving up when answers don\u2019t come immediately or when situations seem impossible. Through persistent prayer, we grow in faith and patience, learning to trust God\u2019s timing and wisdom. Our persistence builds spiritual resilience, reminding us that God is at work even when we can\u2019t see the results.<\/p>\n<p>Ephesians 6:18c instructs us to \u201c<em>keep on praying for all the Lord\u2019s people<\/em>.\u201d Prayer isn\u2019t a one-time event; it\u2019s a lifestyle. Persistent prayer keeps us connected to God and helps sustain the Body of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I encourage you to set aside time to pray for your church, friends, and family today. Lift them up, knowing that your prayers matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Heavenly Father teach me to be persistent in prayer. Help me to lift others up consistently, trusting in the power of intercession .In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 7 Spiritual Armor: Persistent Prayer \ud83e\udd32 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. Ephesians 6:18 Paul\u2019s words here call us to live a life steeped in prayer. And we\u2019re called to be persistent \u2014 not giving up [&hellip;]<\/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-3559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559","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=3559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}