Keep chopping

Persevering in prayer is a bit like chopping down a tree. Each prayer is one swing of the axe.

Some trees are thin and fall quickly. Others are thick and take time. But every swing matters. If the tree doesn't fall after the first hit, you don't throw the axe away — you keep chopping.

The same is true in prayer. If the answer doesn't come right away, keep praying. Keep asking. Keep seeking. Keep knocking. Keep chopping.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." — Matthew 7:7

And Paul reminded us, "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." (Romans 12:12)

Unanswered prayers don't mean "no." Sometimes they mean, "keep praying." Dear believer, don't give up on praying — because at the right time, God will intervene.