這兩天，我們看過「復興禱告」的最主要特點是「充滿熱誠」；現在，讓我們來看看「復興禱告」的第二個特點：堅持與持久。當你閱讀有關復興的記載時，你會發現復興禱告的這種特點總是存在的。在復興前，人們不單熱誠地禱告，更是持續不斷地禱告。羅伯斯（Evan Roberts）持續不斷地為威爾斯能經歷復興禱告超過13年之久，他說：「沒有一天我不伏在神面前向祂呼求，求祂差派祂的靈到我祖國來。」有超過十年的時間，歐文（Dafydd Owen）每天都禱告祈求聖靈向威爾斯傾注。此外，有關大衛摩根（David Morgan）的記載說：「在1858年之前的十年，在他的禱告中，從不缺少祈求聖靈傾注的部份。」

我們必須承認這種堅持往往不是自然發生的，而是由聖靈所賜下。據說當羅伯斯還是小孩時，「他很容易放棄，幾乎從來沒有堅持完成過任何一件事情。」

另一位偉大的復興家愛德華茲（Jonathan Edwards）談論持續和毅力的重要性時說：「從聖經中明顯看到，當神的百姓向祂呼求一些偉大和重要的恩惠時，神經常藉著延遲賜下祂的憐憫，來試驗他們的信心和忍耐，不單這樣，神甚至會先讓他們經歷更大的黑暗；不過，對於那些堅持不斷禱告、『決不放棄直等到神賜福』的人，神最終必定不會令他們失望。」

We look now at the second characteristic of "revival praying" - tenacity and persistence. Read the record of revivals and you will find that this quality is also present. In the days prior to revival people not only pray zealously but they pray persistently. For over a period of thirteen years Evan Roberts prayed for revival to come to Wales. "There was never a day," he says, "when I didn't fling myself before God and cry out for Him to send the Holy Spirit to my native land." Dafydd Owen also prayed every day for over ten years for a great outpouring to come to the Principality. And concerning David Morgan it was recorded "that for ten years before 1858 a petition for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was never absent from his prayers".

We must recognise that often this persistence was not something that was natural but was given by the Holy Spirit. It was said of Evan Roberts that when he was a boy, "he hardly ever saw anything through and would give up a task most easily"

Listen to what Jonathan Edwards, another great revivalist, had to say about the importance of persistence and perseverance: "It is very apparent from the Word of God that the Lord is wont often to try the faith and patience of His people, when crying to Him for some great and important mercy, by withholding the mercy sought for a season, and not only so but at first to cause an increase of dark appearances. And yet He, without fail, at last succeeds those who continue instant in prayer with all perseverance and will 'not let Him go except He blesses'."