Enough Prayer?

When will you have prayed enough? If you ask God once for some thing or on behalf of someone is that enough? Can God respond to one single prayer? Of course He can, but does He desire more? It reminds me of the child sitting in front of the TV at Christmas time watching every toy advertisement and saying, “I want that for Christmas.” Does a good parent make notes, and purchase everything the child wants? Hopefully not. The wise parent waits to see if the child really wants a particular toy, if they ask again, and perhaps repeatedly. Sometimes God waits past our impulsive, initial prayer request to see how much we really wanted what we are asking. If perchance, God responds positively to you first request, rejoice. If not, continue to pray. How long you ask? In the second verse of his hymn, “Jesus Shall Reign” Isaac Watts writes, “To Him shall endless prayer be made.” Really? “Endless?” The Psalmist wrote, “From the rising of the sun to its going down the Lord’s name is to be praised” (Psalm 113:3). So keep on praying. God is not deaf, nor is He a disinterested parent. God is listening. A response is forthcoming.

Join me this week in praying for the following global concerns:
• Pray for members of four churches who are joining me this week in a Partnership Visit to Vancouver, Canada.
• Join with missionaries to pray for those who serve in the Ukrainian military, and the ministry to them.
• Join with David and Mary in praying that more churches will adopt the cities of Johor (region in southern Malaysia) to establish new churches.
• Pray for Tommy & Beth and another cycle of the School of Cross-cultural Missions in South Lima, Peru on April 20-24.