24-7 Prayer's International Director: Prayer is sometimes boring!
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Do prayers have an expiry date? If God's mercies are new every morning and we're called to pray persistently, what happens to the prayers we've prayed for years? And how do we balance the command to "pray without ceasing" with Jesus' warning against empty repetition? Esther was joined by Brian Heasley, International Prayer Director at 24-7 Prayer, to explore unanswered prayer, persistence, God's timing, and whether prayers ever run out.
Released on 17 Jun 2026
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