The document discusses persistence in prayer based on two passages from the Bible. It notes that Jesus tells a parable about a man who persistently asks his friend for bread late at night. Even though the friend refuses at first, he gets up and gives the man what he needs because of his persistence. The document then quotes another passage where Jesus says those who ask will receive, those who seek will find, and those who knock will have the door opened. This implies that believers should persist in prayer.
17. Which of you who has a friend will go to him
at midnight and say to him, Friend, lend me
three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived
on a journey, and I have nothing to set before
him; and he will answer from within, Do not
bother me; the door is now shut, and my
children are with me in bed. I cannot get up
and give you anything?
18. I tell you, though he will not get up and give
him anything because he is his friend, yet
because of his persistence he will rise and give
him whatever he needs.
Luke 11: 5 - 8
23. And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to
the one who knocks it will be opened.
Luke 11: 9 - 10
