CONSI

STENCY.
Daniel6:
10KJV:NowwhenDanielknewthatthewri
ti
ngwassigned,
hewenti
ntohi
shouse;andhi
s
windowsbeingopeni
nhischambertowardJerusal
em,hekneel
eduponhi
skneesthr
eeti
mesaday ,
andpr ay
ed,
andgavethanksbef
orehisGod,ashedidafor
eti
me.

Consi
stencymeansper
sist
ency
..
.Abi
l
ityt
oper
sisti
ndoi
ngsomet
hing.

Fr
om t
het
ext
,wear
emadet
ounder
standt
hatDani
elwasknownf
orsomet
hing.
..

Andwhathewasknownf
orhi
spr
ayer
..
.

Amandon'
tmat
termuchi
nthi
ski
ngdom unt
ily
ou'
reknownf
orsomet
hing.
..

TheBi
blemakeust
ounder
standt
hatpr
ayerhasbecomeDai
l
yDosef
orDani
el
Whatmakeamanrel
evantinl
if
eiswhatuareknownfor.
..Li
tt
ledoweknowt
hatwhatmake
Dani
elr
elev
anti
nhi
sti
mei sasaresul
tofhi
sconsist
ency.
..

Igett
odi
scov
eri
nli
fet
hatOnl
yment
hatcant
rav
elf
arwi
thGodcangof
ari
nli
fe.

Unt
ilucansust
aincapaci
tyi
nthespi
ri
t,ucannotdof
ari
nli
fe

gof
ari
nli
feImean

Thei
rarepl
aceint
hespiri
tthaty
oumustgettoi
nothert
orecei
veyouranswerandunt
ily
ou
havegett
here,
youcannotl
ayholdonwhatheav
enhasmadeav ai
l
ableforu.

Manygettir
edwhentheyar
eal
mostatt
hepoi
ntofget
ti
ngt
hei
ranswer
sbutwehav
efor
gett
he
pr
inci
pleofper
sist
ence.

Matt7:
7AMP:Keeponaski
nganditwi
llbegi
veny
ou;keeponseeki
ngandy
ouwi
l
lfi
nd;
keepon
knocki
ng[
rev
erent
ly]and[
thedoor
]wi
l
lbeopenedtoyou.

TheBibl
emakeustounder
standthatweshouldkeeponaski
ng.
..
Manmustnotcomet
othe
poi
ntofget
ti
ngt
ir
edofaskingjustbecausehehasnotr
ecei
vehi
sanswer
.

NotethatItt
akeconsi
stencyt
ohavepowerwi
thGod.
..
Iti
snotwhatudo
thatr
eleasethemantl
ebutwhatukeepondoi
ngwhetheryouseer
esul
tor
not.j
ustsurviv
e.
El
i
shawoul
dhav
emi
ssedt
hemant
lei
fnott
hatheper
sisti
nhi
swor
kwi
thEl
i
jah.
..

Anat
ural
manwi
l
lgett
ir
edwi
thal
lthewor
dsofdi
scour
agementf
rom Pr
ophetEl
i
sha.
..

Manyti
mewhenuaredoingthatwhichyou'
reknownforanditseem asift
heiri
snoat t
ent
ion
f
rom di
vi
nit
y,menwi
llcometodiscour
ageandtotel
lyouthatyou'r
eonlydeceiv
ing
your
sel
f.
.Butnot
. et
hatiti
sy ourconsist
encythatdrawstheat tent
ionofdi vi
nit
y.

.
..
From pr
ophetEl
i
jah

Thewor
dkeeponaski
ngmeans'
Udon'
tst
opt
hatpr
ayerunt
ily
ouhav
erecei
vey
ouranswer
.

PERSEVERANCEANDLONGSUFFERI
NGWI
LLBRI
NGALLYOURHEARTDESI
RETOYOUI
NTHE
NAMEOFJESUS

AsIclose,Jesussaid,“Abidei
nMe, andIinyou.Asthebr anchcannotbearfruitofi
tsel
f,unl
ess
i
tabidesinthev i
ne,neit
hercany ou,
unlessyouabideinMe”( John15:4).Thatisthesecretof
spir
it
ualgrowth:toabide.Toabidemeanst ostayinagivenplace.Forbeli
evers,i
tmeanst o
maintai
nunbr okenfel
lowshipwithGod.Iti
sregular
it
y.Iti
sconsistency.Anditresul
tsin
produci
nglastingfr
uit
.
Ment
hatr
iset
odayandf
all
tomor
rowcannotgr
owspi
ri
tual
l
y

I
ttakesconsi
stencyt
ogr
owi
nRanki
ng.
..

Jesussai
damant hati
snei
therhotorcol
dhewi
l
lspl
i
tout
..
.Hi
sev
er-
abi
dingpr
esencei
swi
th
them t
hatcanst
ayandremai
nwi t
hhim.

Anot
herwayofabi
dingi
swal
ki
ngwi
thGod.
As1John2:
6say
s,“
Hewhosay
sheabi
desi
n
Hi
m oughthi
msel
fal
sotowalkj
ustasHewal ”Wal
ked. ki
ngspeaksofconsi
stentmot
ion.That
meansmakingti
mefortheWordofGodandforpr
ayerev
eryday.

Tohav
epowerwi
thGod,
youmustr
emai
nwi
thhi
m..
.

I
tisi
nyourst
ayi
ngwi
thhi
mthaty
oubecomel
i
kehi
m

Youmustmakepr
ayery
ourl
i
fest
yle,
MakeGod'
sWor
dyourdai
l
ygui
deanddev
elopi
nti
macy
wit
hhi
m...

Asy
oukeepdoi
ngt
hi y
s,ourgr
owt
hspi
ri
tual
l
ybecomeev
idencet
oal
l
...

MENOUGHTALWAYSTOPRAYANDNOTTOFAI
NT.
..REMAI
NINHI
M,STAYWI
THHI
M UNTI
L
HEHI
SDONEWITHU.

Maket
hisy
ourpr
ayer.
..
.IRECEI
VESTAYI
NGPOWER.

Godbl
essusal
l
...

IRemai
nMyHumbl
eSel
f

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