Cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon (the Cucurbitaceae family). Like watermelon, cucumbers are made up of mostly (95 percent) water, which means eating them on a hot summer day can help you stay hydrated. However, there's reason to eat cucumbers all year long.
The same word is used again to indicate persistence or perseverance in prayer. God desires this kind of prayer, because it indicates that we have come to a sense of our own lack and are unable to meet the need ourselves.ith persistence and perseverance, we are to be devoted to prayer and petition for all the saints. It is the work of the Spirit of God in our lives that makes this effective and possible. But we are responsible to apply ourselves with diligence and urgency. Praying will take persistence and diligence.
He prayed specifically, by name (âfor the. â), for a target group to be saved. â¢ Paulâs prayer encourages me to pray, by name, for specific people whose salvation I long to see. If you have unsaved relatives and friends â and most likely you do â target them by name in your prayers to God for their salvation. This is an illustration of a widely-targeted prayer for the salvation of many people. When I pastored a church in southern Oregonâs Rogue Valley, I was part of a weekly pastorsâ prayer group that met every Thursday for 15 years to pray for souls to be saved throughout our geographical region.