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Passionate prayer enables us to experience the glory of the Father. In Luke 9:29 at His transfiguration - And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.In Luke 6:12 before He called His disciples - He spent the whole night in prayer.In Luke 3:1 at His Baptism - while He was praying the heaven was opened.George Muller, known as one of the greatest prayer warriors of all times had this to say about persistence in prayer"Īnd every time we see Jesus praying He was praying with passion. But we are not to live by our feelings but to live by the commandments of our Lord who tells us to pray without ceasing. Some people give up easy, they quit because they say they don't feel like praying, the joy is gone, the feeling is gone. A person who is persistent in prayer does not necessarily have to pray for a long time.

Now there is a difference between a persistent prayer and a long prayer.

Luke 11:9 is where we find the promise that says, "ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you." Each of those verbs are in the present tense, active voice and could be translated, "keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking." Jesus does not want us to give up in prayer, He instructs us to be persistent.

Luke 18:1 says, "Now He was telling them a parable to show them that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart.".

Two of the most instructive parables Jesus ever told on prayer, one in Luke 18 and the other in Luke 11, both have to do with being persistent and not giving up in prayer. In other words, persistence in prayer is not an option for the Christian it is an order from the Lord Himself. It is a very powerful word and in this verse is given as an imperative, or a command. Of the ten times it is used in the New Testament four of them have to do with being devoted to prayer. It can be translated, "persist in, adhere firmly to, or remain devoted to or to give unremitting care to." It caries with it the idea of dedication. In the original language it says, "continue steadfastly in prayer." The word translated, "continue steadfastly," is one word in the original language. Paul begins by saying, "Devote yourselves to prayer," (NASB) or "Continue earnestly in prayer," (NKJV). Prayer is the pipeline of communication between God and His people, between God and those who love Him. But in both circumstances you will be miserable. You can be a Christian and not pray, just like you can be married and not talk to your wife. You cannot really be a good Christian and not pray, just like you cannot have a good marriage if you don't talk to your wife. Prayer was a part of Paul's life, and he took it for granted that it would be a part of the life of every Christian.

Paul was somebody who understood prayer and its power. A doctoral student asked the famous scientist "What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?" With considerate thought and profundity Einstein replied, "Find out about prayer. In 1952, Albert Einstein was delivering a lecture on the campus of Princeton University. And yet, for the believer it remains one of the greatest gift our Lord has given us outside of salvation. It is talked about more than anything else, and practiced less than anything else. Prayer is, for the most part, an untapped resource, an unexplored continent where untold treasure remains to be unearthed. Over." "Tower to pilot," the dispatcher began, "Repeat after me: "Our Father Who art in heaven.'" He called the control tower and said, "Pilot to tower, I'm 300 miles from the airport, six hundred feet above the ground, and I'm out of fuel. I heard a story the other day of a man who encountered a bit of trouble while flying his little airplane. Instead of it being something we do everyday, like breathing, eating and walking and talking, it seems to have become like that little glass covered box on the wall that says, "break in case of emergency." It is true that so very often we associate prayer with crises in our life. Meyer, the author of the great little book, The Secret of Guidance said, "The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but un-offered prayer."