Macaila Britton writes on persistence for Woman Alive magazine.

Persistence is one of those terms we as Christ-followers hear a lot about. This summer I dove into studying on what it means to strengthen your prayer life. Then, (some days more successfully than others) began practicing what this looks like on a daily basis. Maybe you’ve seen the power of prayer immediately unfold before you, resulting in God answering questions, providing specific needs that were asked for, or performed Prayer is incomprehensible to our human brains. There is something so incredible that occurs when we wait after praying, resulting in an impact so large the Earth can’t hold the power of our spoken words.
“Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.”
— Persistence