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One key element of success in all aspects of life is persistence and or perseverance.
Perseverance separates the winners from the losers. Those who persevere understand that luck is something you dent depend on.
Success in life depends on your willingness to never give up, even when the reward is delayed. Persistence is a force multiplier.
Let's look at what the Word Says about persistence in Luke 11 Ver 5-10
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Mostly everyone is familiar with the quoted verses where Jesus talks about asking and receiving. But we might be missing a very critical element of success - persistence.
Persistence in efforts. Persistence in prayer. even when the answer is delayed. The gospel states that nothing can be impossible if someone is persistent enough to achieve it. The message is as simple as keep trying, persisting, and praying until you get the desirable result you ask for. We should keep on praying to God, because He never gets tired of hearing our thanksgiving and requests.
But persistence and perseverance is only possible when one has faith in two things-
A. That my desire is for achieving something is for my good and does not contradict any biblical instruction.
2. That God will consider my request in line with His will.
Such should be our faith in ourselves and God that we actually ask and pray with shameless audacity!
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