Persistent Faith

When the royal official we meet in St. John's Gospel (Jn 4:43-54) asked Jesus to cure his son, he seemed to be a little annoyed:  "Unless you people see signs and wonders,  you will not believe." (Jn 4:48).  Yet the man repeated his request as if he hadn't heard Jesus.  Without hesitating, Jesus told him his son was healed.  And so it, was, when he learned the boy was healed, it was at the same time Jesus had spoken.  He believed, and his whole household.  It took faith and guts to ignore the apparent rebuke to keep on asking; not only was the boy healed, but his father's faith was deepened and spread to others.
In the current film, UNPLANNED, members of the COALITION FOR LIFE under the leadership of Shawn Carney prayed and prayed that the clients would changer their minds and not have the abortion, and that eventually abortion would end.  Shawn organized the 40 DAYS FOR LIFE vigil, which is still in existence, and has seen the closing of 500 Planned Parenthood Clinics. Abby Johnson, once the Planned Parenthood "Woman of the Year", is now a strong advocate for LIFE!
Persistent Faith, Persistent Prayer:  Jesus does not ignore it, but hears and answers our prayers and rewards our faith by making it stronger and implanting a similar faith in the hearts of those who pray with us.
Bro. Rene