Persistent Prayer Reveals Your Priorities - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - September 30, 2025
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Persistent Prayer Reveals Your Priorities
By Rick Warren
“These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:32-33 (NLT)
God is waiting to answer your prayers. So when you pray for something more than once, it’s not because you need to convince God to do it. Instead, your persistent prayers let God know what's really important to you.
In other words, praying persistently tests your priorities. If it's not worth praying about repeatedly, then it isn't a priority.
Do you want to know what's important to you? It’s whatever you worry about most. Worry tells you what's important in your life. If you worry about it, it's important to you. If you don't worry about it, then either you've entrusted it to God, or it's not that important to you.
Every time you start to worry, you should stop and turn the worry into a prayer. If you prayed about everything you worried about, you'd have a lot less to worry about. Worry won't change anything. But prayer can change everything!
Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount, "These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need” (Matthew 6:32-33 NLT).
When your priorities are right, God's answer is “yes.” He'll give you all you need if your first concern is to live for his kingdom.
You may be saying, "I'm waiting on God to answer this prayer." Are you waiting on God, or is he waiting on you? Maybe he wants to test your desires and priorities. He wants to know what’s
most important to you before he gives you an answer.
The Bible promises, "The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right" (Psalm 84:11 NLT).
When you’re living for Jesus—when you’re giving him your attention and staying connected to him—then he is ready to give you what your heart desires.
God won’t hold back any of his goodness!
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Rick Warren is an innovative pastor, renowned author, and global influencer known for founding Saddleback Church, the Purpose Driven Network, the PEACE Plan, and Hope for Mental Health. He has written several best-selling books, including The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 35 million copies in 200 languages. Time magazine named Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Since stepping down from the lead pastor role at Saddleback in 2022, Warren has continued to inspire people through his Daily Hope Devotional and podcast Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope. His first book in a decade, Created to Dream, was released in April 2023.
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