{"id":396,"date":"2026-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:16:57","slug":"keep-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Keep Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>September 9 \u2013 Keep Praying<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.\u201d<em> <\/em><br><em>Luke 18:1 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.&#8221;<em> (KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Encouragement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever prayed for something so long that you became tired of asking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe you have prayed for someone you love to come to Christ. Perhaps you have asked God to restore a relationship, provide for a need, give direction, or change a difficult situation. Days turn into months\u2014or even years\u2014and nothing seems to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus understood how easily we can become discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before telling the parable of the persistent widow, Luke tells us exactly why Jesus gave it: He wanted His followers to \u201calways pray and not lose heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those words connect prayer and discouragement in a powerful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we do not see an answer, our temptation is to stop praying. But Jesus tells us to do the opposite. Keep coming to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persistent prayer does not mean that repeating a request will eventually force God to give us what we want. It means we continue bringing our request to Him because we trust the One who hears us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every time we pray again, we are saying, \u201cFather, I still trust You with this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God may answer exactly as we hoped. He may answer differently. He may ask us to wait much longer than we expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while we wait, we keep praying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not let an unanswered prayer become an abandoned prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear all-knowing heavenly Father, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know the prayers I have carried for a long time. Sometimes I become discouraged when I do not see You working in the way I hoped. Help me not to lose heart. Give me faith to keep bringing these requests to You while trusting Your wisdom, Your timing, and Your will. Teach me to persevere in prayer and to trust You with the answer. In Jesus\u2019 precious name, amen.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thought for Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I am tempted to lose heart, I will keep praying and keep trusting God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 9 \u2013 Keep Praying Scripture \u201cAnd he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.\u201d Luke 18:1 (ESV) \u201cAnd he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.&#8221; (KJV) Encouragement Have you ever prayed for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking-with-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}