Persevere in Prayer!

Psalm 28

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, April 13.

Have you ever felt discouraged in your prayer life? I want to encourage you to never give up, no matter what, keep praying with a faith that can move mountains (Matthew 17:20). Jesus illustrated this point with a parable in Luke 18, which started with this introduction in verse 1, “Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart.” In the parable, Jesus shared about a persistent widow who was able to move a wicked judge to give her legal protection through her tenacity. Jesus summarized the point in verse 7, “will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?” Jesus’ parable instructs us to pray at “all times … day and night.” As Paul commands in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.”

It requires faith in God to persevere in prayer. As Hebrews 11:6 teaches, “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” If you don’t believe God will respond to your prayer, you will falter in your resolve and quit asking. Your faith in Him compels your perseverance! David learned this through personal experience with God, as he testified in Psalm 28:6-7, “Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him.”

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 28, meditating upon David’s perseverance in prayer. “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18).

God bless you!

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