Romans 12:12 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201crejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s prayer and there\u2019s stedfast prayer. For those who pray erratically, they cannot reap the harvest of prayer. However, there are those who are \u201cstedfast in prayer,\u201d to whom prayer has become a lifestyle; unto such, they will reap the harvest of steadfastness. NLT says they, \u201ckeep on praying.\u201d Steadfastness in prayer means we continue in prayer; we don\u2019t stop and we don\u2019t give up. Too many of us start and stop. Too many of us pray occasionally and are quickly distracted and discouraged when results do not come as quickly as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the verse above, we see that three things are connected namely, \u201crejoicing in hope, patience in tribulation and steadfastness in prayer.\u201d We cannot keep rejoicing even when all we have is hope and we cannot be patient when we are in the heat of persecution and trials, if we are not people who are first stedfast in prayers. For the continually praying man and woman, God releases grace to keep rejoicing even when it seems there\u2019s nothing to rejoice about. To such a man, he can sing in prison and even in great agony of tribulations, he remains patient. These are the products of the consistently praying life. If we need grace for each circumstance, we need to grow in the life of consistent prayers. There\u2019s no other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLord, I pray but I am not consistent in it. I plead with You to strengthen me on the inside so that I can grow in this. In Jesus name. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romans 12:12 (NKJV) \u201crejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer\u201d There\u2019s prayer and there\u2019s stedfast prayer. For those who pray erratically, they cannot reap the harvest of prayer. However, there are those who are \u201cstedfast in prayer,\u201d to whom prayer has become a lifestyle; unto such, they will reap the harvest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-romans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t