Cindy Jacobs: Persistent Prayer

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"Consider the following diary entries in the life of one young Christian servant:

• Sunday a.m. May 5: Preached in St. Anne’s. Asked not to come back.
• Sunday p.m.: Preached in St. John’s. Deacons said, “Get out, and stay out!”
• Sunday a.m. May 12: Preached in St. Jude’s. Can’t go back there either.
• Sunday a.m. May 19: Preached in St. Somebody else’s. Deacons called special meeting, and said I couldn’t return.
• Sunday a.m. May 26: Preached on street. Kicked off street.
• Sunday a.m. June 2: Preached at the edge of town. Kicked off highway.
• Sunday p.m. June 2: Preached in a pasture. Ten thousand came.

These are actual entries from the diaries of John Wesley, one of the greatest revivalists who ever" preached. John Wesley’s diaries are full of these kinds of stories of persecution and blessing. Like Wesley, there will be times in your life when it seems like nothing you are doing counts for the kingdom and that God isn’t listening. Be assured, He is always listening. The end of the teaching from the Luke 18 passage gives us an absolutely wonderful promise:

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? LUKE 18: 7 KJV

from "The Power of Persistent Prayer: Praying With Greater Purpose and Passion" by Cindy Jacobs

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