For 20 long years, a woman prayed regularly, believing for the salvation of her husband. One night, the man came under conviction of the Holy Spirit and shook terribly in bed. Apparently that night, the man himself was praying that his wife would lead him to the Lord. Now, twenty years is a long time for someone to wait, pray, and believe; but it was worth the wait after all. Jesus taught several things about prayer, one of which is importunity. He spoke a parable in Luke 18. The very first line of that chapter introduced us to the objective of the parable – “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.” Luke 18:1 NKJV.
He wants people to pray without fainting…You must resist the temptation to give up, otherwise precious hours previously invested in prayer would be a waste of time…keep pushing in prayer.
He wants people to pray without fainting. To give up is a temptation that every prayer warrior faces, particularly when the answer does not seem imminent. You must resist the temptation to give up, otherwise precious hours previously invested in prayer would be a waste of time. When you take a burden or concern to the Lord, you are to stick with Him until one of two things happens. Firstly, you can stop praying when the object of your prayer has been delivered or at least you have received the assurance that the answer is on the way. In this case you can shift from request to thanksgiving. The second option is if the Lord asks you to stop praying about the matter. He did that to Paul regarding the thorn in his flesh. Outside these two, keep pushing in prayer. Now, here comes again the place of the Holy Spirit. It is through Him we obtain help to counter our infirmity of either not praying at all or giving up midstream.
