Perseverance in Prayer?

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Hello,

I have a question about prayer. I have been praying for the relief of a situation in my life for six years. It is something that makes life extremely difficult at times. I have begged God for mercy, and at times believed it was corrected, only to be disappointed when it reared its evil head again.

My question is how do we discern when we are to persevere in prayer over something like the woman and the judge parable or when we are to just accept Gods answer of no as St. Paul did?

I do trust God no matter what, though my deepest desire is to be rid of this situation in my life.

Any thoughts, advice or encouragement would be welcome, and of course any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Maggie
 
I have a similar situation in my life, it’s something I know will never go away.

I pray to God that His will be done, and that He give me the strength to deal with the issue and not let it possess me. I also pray that His grace allow me to accept myself as I am, with this particular flaw that has caused me tremendous grief.

I don’t know what your particular issue is, but I think we have to be realistic in our expectations. God doesn’t always remove the world’s ills around us, but He can, if asked, give us the strength to survive them, and He can carry us through our darkest periods.
 
you prayed for 6 years, right?
do you know the no of years between between bolshevic revolution and freedom of religion there?
 
Continue to pray unceaseingly. God answers us in his time, not our’s. Praying for your intentions.
 
Maggie40 said:
Hello,

I have a question about prayer. I have been praying for the relief of a situation in my life for six years. It is something that makes life extremely difficult at times. I have begged God for mercy, and at times believed it was corrected, only to be disappointed when it reared its evil head again.

My question is how do we discern when we are to persevere in prayer over something like the woman and the judge parable or when we are to just accept Gods answer of no as St. Paul did?

I do trust God no matter what, though my deepest desire is to be rid of this situation in my life.

Any thoughts, advice or encouragement would be welcome, and of course any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Maggie
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Maggie,

Several months ago, some nice person on the CAF posted this on a thread about perseverance in prayer. I found this homily very encouraging and I hope that you will, too.

alleluiaaudiobooks.com/short-catholic-homilies-perseverance-in-prayer/

houston1
 
Maggie40 said:
Hello,

I have a question about prayer. I have been praying for the relief of a situation in my life for six years. It is something that makes life extremely difficult at times. I have begged God for mercy, and at times believed it was corrected, only to be disappointed when it reared its evil head again.

My question is how do we discern when we are to persevere in prayer over something like the woman and the judge parable or when we are to just accept Gods answer of no as St. Paul did?

I do trust God no matter what, though my deepest desire is to be rid of this situation in my life.

Any thoughts, advice or encouragement would be welcome, and of course any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Maggie
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Keep praying for your intention until it becomes perfectly clear that God does not will it. God bless you.
 
Thank you everyone for your responses, wonderful advice, encouragement and especially your prayers.

I plan to read all the links and suggested material.

The last response from ready is so true and something that I do know down deep. In fact I am sure that is part of the problem I have been having with this…no peace.

And up until recently I never doubted that I should continue to pray about this, but in the last couple of months I have just had a sense that this could be with me forever and that I needed to say with St. Paul, “your grace is sufficient”. But the thought of that scares me to death quite honestly.

I will continue to pray until I have peace one way or another.

I believe I have felt the power of your prayers today as the morning began very difficult and as the day went on the weight of this issue began to lighten. You will all be tucked into my Rosary tonight.

Blessings
Maggie
 
OraLabora said:
I have a similar situation in my life, it’s something I know will never go away.

I pray to God that His will be done, and that He give me the strength to deal with the issue and not let it possess me. I also pray that His grace allow me to accept myself as I am, with this particular flaw that has caused me tremendous grief.

I don’t know what your particular issue is, but I think we have to be realistic in our expectations. God doesn’t always remove the world’s ills around us, but He can, if asked, give us the strength to survive them, and He can carry us through our darkest periods.
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I pray that I could be so strong.

Blessings
Maggie
 
Sometimes I get answers right after I finally decide to go on with life without them.

This works especially when I think I’ve hopelessly lost something. An object, a dream that will never come true, a plan that cannot work out due to forces beyond my control, etc. If it’s an object I leave it with St. Anthony and try to get on with life without it. If it’s a hope or a dream I leave it with St. Jude. (If it’s a loved one, that fits into a different category so I’m not necessarily meaning to include those contexts in these remarks.)

So I use due diligence to try to do whatever it is that needs to be done or find whatever needs to be found. Then at some point I give up. It seems like once I relax and leave it in the Lord’s hands, half the time if it’s an object I find it in a timely fashion either right away or at least before I need it again. If it’s a hope or a dream I will find peace on it, and sometimes I feel more hope because the anxiety I’d been holding on to, seems like it was squashing my hope a little bit.

Either way, even if it doesn’t come back, I still find peace because I know if I actually do need something, the Lord will give it to me. At some point it will be my time to die and until then I choose to trust the Lord. ❤️

I hope that makes sense. I’ve never tried to describe this process before to anyone other than my wife. :o

MS
 
Mystical_Seeker said:
Sometimes I get answers right after I finally decide to go on with life without them.

This works especially when I think I’ve hopelessly lost something. An object, a dream that will never come true, a plan that cannot work out due to forces beyond my control, etc. If it’s an object I leave it with St. Anthony and try to get on with life without it. If it’s a hope or a dream I leave it with St. Jude. (If it’s a loved one, that fits into a different category so I’m not necessarily meaning to include those contexts in these remarks.)

So I use due diligence to try to do whatever it is that needs to be done or find whatever needs to be found. Then at some point I give up. It seems like once I relax and leave it in the Lord’s hands, half the time if it’s an object I find it in a timely fashion either right away or at least before I need it again. If it’s a hope or a dream I will find peace on it, and sometimes I feel more hope because the anxiety I’d been holding on to, seems like it was squashing my hope a little bit.

Either way, even if it doesn’t come back, I still find peace because I know if I actually do need something, the Lord will give it to me. At some point it will be my time to die and until then I choose to trust the Lord. ❤️

I hope that makes sense. I’ve never tried to describe this process before to anyone other than my wife. :o

MS
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It makes really good sense. Thank you for taking such time in responding.

Blessings
Maggie
 
Maggie40 said:
Thank you everyone for your responses, wonderful advice, encouragement and especially your prayers.

I plan to read all the links and suggested material.

The last response from ready is so true and something that I do know down deep. In fact I am sure that is part of the problem I have been having with this…no peace.

And up until recently I never doubted that I should continue to pray about this, but in the last couple of months I have just had a sense that this could be with me forever and that I needed to say with St. Paul, “your grace is sufficient”. But the thought of that scares me to death quite honestly.

I will continue to pray until I have peace one way or another.

I believe I have felt the power of your prayers today as the morning began very difficult and as the day went on the weight of this issue began to lighten. You will all be tucked into my Rosary tonight.

Blessings
Maggie
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Maggie, don’t give up but keep praying . . . . because “with God, all things are possible” (Mt. 19:26). And, remember that He is “able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us” (Eph. 3:20). It may be that God is calling you to do something in regard to the situation and that, through you, healing will occur. Sometimes the problems that we face can be remedied by going through the back door, through unconventional means. But, in other situations we must face it head on. Perhaps, seeking advice from a holy priest or other holy person may help you discern what specifically needs to be done.

Keep praying the rosary. Our Blessed Mother will help you. And, Jesus will not turn His face away from you as He has said that “I will no reject anyone who comes to Me” (Jn. 6:37).

Don’t give up. I am praying for you.

houston1
 
houston1 said:
Maggie, don’t give up but keep praying . . . . because “with God, all things are possible” (Mt. 19:26). And, remember that He is “able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us” (Eph. 3:20). It may be that God is calling you to do something in regard to the situation and that, through you, healing will occur. Sometimes the problems that we face can be remedied by going through the back door, through unconventional means. But, in other situations we must face it head on. Perhaps, seeking advice from a holy priest or other holy person may help you discern what specifically needs to be done.

Keep praying the rosary. Our Blessed Mother will help you. And, Jesus will not turn His face away from you as He has said that “I will no reject anyone who comes to Me” (Jn. 6:37).

Don’t give up. I am praying for you.

houston1
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Thank you so much, especially for your prayers and yes I will stay close to our Blessed Mother.

Blessings
Maggie
 
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