After having encouraged the Ephesian Church to resist the devil by putting on the armor of God, Paul reminds them that their protection is incomplete unless they make prayer for one another a regular part of their lives. Most of us know that God wants us to pray, but when it comes to our actual practice of praying we may struggle with inconsistency because of nagging questions in the back of our minds. Last episode, we tried to address the question, "Does prayer really make a difference?" Some religious teaching would lead us to a fatalistic view of God's will which takes away our hope that prayer can actually change a situation for the better. Today, we will try to understand some of the reasons why the Lord asks us to persevere in prayer. This is a subject that also raises doubts. If God heard my prayer the first time and nothing apparently happened, what is the point in continuing to pray about that matter?

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