Pastor John’s Blog

If you have been praying for something for some time now and there has been no answer in sight then you are probably feeling discouraged. You most likely feel tempted to walk away from your request wondering why God never answered. But Jesus teaches us not to give up on prayer. Our Lord told a parable in Luke 18 about a widow that needed justice done concerning a financial issue. She begged an unjust judge to do something about it but he ignored her request. But as she persisted day after day “…he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,⁵ but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests.’ Then the Lord said, ‘Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.⁷ Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?” (18:4-7, NLT). So don’t get discouraged if your prayer has not been answered. Keep at it day and night. God won’t put it off forever!