Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water into wine. Meanwhile in Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king’s court whose son was sick. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down and heal his son, who was on the brink of death. Jesus put him off: “Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe.”

49 But the court official wouldn’t be put off. “Come down! It’s life or death for my son.” (The Message)

Desperation can add tenacity, fervency and persistence to your prayers. Unless you know that you are asking outside God’s will, pray on. This nobleman and the Syro-Phoenician woman (Mark 7:24-30/Matt.15:21-28) had a lot in common. They would not let Him go.

Pray through to breakthrough!

‘Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Genesis 32:26 (NIV)

‘The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.’ James 5:16 (NIV)

‘To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It means to be so watchful at all times that we can notice when we become slothful in prayer and that we go to the Spirit of prayer to have this remedied. In this struggle, too, the decisive factor is the Spirit of prayer.’ Ole Hallesby