Is there a need to pray for the same request over and over?

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I have this prayer request that I have prayed to God. I feel there is no need to pray for it over and over because God knows what it is! Is this wise thinking?
God knows what you need even before you pray for it.
Asking for something in the name of Jesus Christ certainly won't hurt though.
Remember, however, that His answer may be a a NO.
 
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I have this prayer request that I have prayed to God. I feel there is no need to pray for it over and over because God knows what it is! Is this wise thinking?
I think God still likes to hear what you think out loud. Like any relationship
 
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Luke 18:1-7
18 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; 3 and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them
 
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I have this prayer request that I have prayed to God. I feel there is no need to pray for it over and over because God knows what it is! Is this wise thinking?
Matthew 15:21-28
 
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I was thinking of the Luke 18 reference too. But anyway...The reason why we usually need to keep bringing things before Him is not because He needs the reminder but because of our benefit and to not let those requests drift away from our hearts.
 
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This parable comes to mind.

The Parable of the friend at night (or of the Importunate Neighbour) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 11:5-8. In it, a friend eventually agrees to help his neighbor due to his persistent demands rather than because they are friends, despite the late hour and the inconvenience of it.

This parable demonstrates the need to pray without giving up. It is similar to the Parable of the Unjust Judge and is depicted by several artists, including William Holman Hunt.

Also personally I have a request that I have prayed for quite some decades. To no avail. But when I think of Hannah and how she cried out in the temple for a child, it encourages me to keep praying and pressing into Jesus.
 
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