How Jehovah Helps Us to Endure With Joy - JEHOVAH LISTENS TO US -Conclusion

 What additional assurance about our prayers can we draw from this verse?  Jehovah gives attention to the prayer of each one of us. Why can we say that?  In the first part of Isaiah chapter 30, the  pronoun of "you" is  used in the plural form because Jehovah is addressing his people as a group. However, in verse 19 "you" is used in the singular; the message is addressed to individuals.  Isaiah writes: "You will by no means weep";  "he will surely show  you favor"; "he will answer you." As a loving Father, Jehovah does not tell a discourage son or daughter, "You should be as strong as your brother or sister." Rather, he views us as individuals and gives our prayers his personal attention. - PSALM 116:1; ISAIAH 57:15. 

When we approach our God about a matter that concerns us, Jehovah's immediate response may be to give us the strength to cope with the situation. And if our trial does not end as soon as we had hoped, we may need to ask Jehovah repeatedly for the strength to endure it.  He invites us to do so. That is implied  by these words of Isaiah: "Do not give [Jehovah] any rest." (Isaiah 62:7) What does that mean? Our prayers to Jehovah should be so persistent that it is as if we were not allowing Jehovah to rest.  Isaiah's word remind us of Jesus' illustrations about prayer found at Luke  11:8-10, 13.  There Jesus encourages us to pray with "bold persistence" and to "keep on asking" for holy spirit. We also beg Jehovah to provide the guidance we need in order to make proper decisions.

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