{"id":377,"date":"2012-11-17T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T02:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/improbable-mosaic.flywheelsites.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2012-11-17T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T02:16:53","slug":"keep-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/closetojesus.org\/keep-praying\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read the following, written by John Harder, in a newsletter from Evangelical Tract Distributors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most Christians have heard of George Muller and his adventures of faith.\u00a0 But faith has a co-worker, and that is prayer.\u00a0 At the age of thirty-eight, he began to pray persistently for the salvation of five individuals.\u00a0 Every day, come rain or shine, he pleaded for their salvation.<\/p>\n

Eighteen months passed before the first accepted the claims of Christ. He thanked God and continued praying for the other four.\u00a0 It was five years before the second person reconciled with God. Muller continued his daily prayers.\u00a0 Six years lapsed for the third. Of the last two he confidently wrote, “They are not converted yet, but they will be.”\u00a0 In 1887, fifty-two years after he had begun to lay their names before the throne of grace, they too were saved.<\/p>\n

This account really convicts me of how lacking my prayer life can be.\u00a0 How often do I give up in prayer after only a few times.\u00a0 How much should I continue praying, knowing that God answers prayer. How many can yet be saved if we only pray for them every day!<\/p>\n

Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. — Psalm 143:1 (KJV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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