When I was in prison, I did quite a lot of praying, most of it seemed to have gone unanswered at the time but looking back on it, God preserved my marriage, my house, and somehow kept what is left of my family fed. We used to call it the “Push method”, Pray Until Something Happens. Now outside, I often feel like the challenges I face are worse than prison, still I continue to pray and believe there will come a time when I can look back on these times and see that God took care of me in ways I can’t see.
Luke 18:1-8King James Version (KJV)
18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?