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Jesus is not trying to make God look like he's ignoring you. Jesus is instead trying to make a point about how God is kinder/more generous than any of us. If you go to a friend who is tired and already in bed, the friend will eventually get up and help you if you persist. How much more will God help if you persist?
I don't think there's a magic formula -- we often try and find exactly what the number is for God. God is not a vending machine. But Jesus is trying to show us that persistence matters. Do we keep praying? This is more than praying for something once or twice. Do we pray consistently for things? If so, we learn to keep things in front of God, to continue to depend on God. God cares for you and wants to hear what you're praying about, what you're fearful of, what makes you anxious. Take that to God, over and over and over and over again. The more we pray, the more it trains our hearts to cast our cares upon God, the more focused on God we become, the less we try and carry things on our own. God is stronger than we are -- may we place our fears and anxieties there.
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