God never allows any prayer of his faithful believers unattended,the answer may not come the way expected and fashioned but he will nevertheless do that which is good to us and which will also fetch him his due glory.
2 Corinthians 12:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
Jesus stayed at Gethsemane praying if it were possible for the assigned cup of his crucification could be taken away from him, he was reflecting on the hearthless experience he was going to face one the cross of Calvary.The cup was not taken from him because it was good to our heavenly father that the death and Resurrection of his only begotten son will be a means to save the world from its sins.And what happened after that sum of prayer? an angel appeared and gave him strength
Luke 22:41-43 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
During the declaration of America's Independence on July 2, 1776.One of the signers John Adams wrote to his wife saying I am fit to believe that the independence will be celebrated by our succeeding generations as a wonderful anniversary festival.It is should be memorialized as a day we America have been delivered and should be done from one part of every continent to the other from this time foward and forever
John Adams thought that political freedom should be the greatest of occasions and done very festive and celebrated in grand style .How much more should we as believer and people celebrate even greater being free from sin and over the power of Satan.God demonstrated his love for humanity brought Jesus to the earth in the first place as further proof of his love died for our sins on calvary.This win has been celebrated from generation to generation for thousand of years.The salvation Jesus declared should be celebrated from one end to another.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
A similar case can be seen in the life of Paul, he talked about the thorn in his flesh that Satan used to criticise him time after time.He went to God in prayer like jesus he did three times. God did not judge it necessary to remove the thorn but he deposited so much grace on him that this did not distract him from his destiny. Jesus and Paul finished their assignments well despite the challenges they both faced.For us as believers to enjoy the full of the power and the magnificent glory of God then we should never take what God wants for us to be a way of life as an ordinary event, we are talking of the issue of prayer
1Thessalonians 3:9-10 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
while Paul wrote to the Thessalonians he instructs us to pray without ceasing.
1Thesselonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
In existence physically breathing is the only thing we do without ceasing, when breathing stops then life itself stops.when apostle Paul admonishes people to pray without ceasing he simply said that "THIS IS YOUR LIFE" to that length prayer must become our way of life as a Christian rather than taking it as an event we seem to have brought it down to.Every opportunity we have must be one we take for praying, when we are in comfort and when we are in pains too, happy and sad.At the begining of a project and even at the end we must take time to soak ourselves in prayer.This is the way to victory in whatever challenge we face.
In Matthew 9:6-13 Jesus taught us how to pray,
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Most time the intensity of our prayers usually drops during difficult seasons and this is even the time we need to pray the most.Making reference to what Jesus encountered at Gethsemane,it was the extent of heaviness of his heart he went to pour unto the father in his prayer.
Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
People that make prayers a way of their life's are candidates for divine empowerment and victory over challenging life circumstances, they usually see more of of Gods intervention in their affairs