When you pray with determination, you become more intimate with Jesus and will receive what you pray for.
“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed [yakol].” (Gen 32:28)
“The effective, fervent [energeo] prayer of a righteous man avails [ischuo] much.” (Jm 5:16)
“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have [esomai] them.” (Mk 11:24)
“And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have [echo] the petitions that we have asked of Him.” (1Jn 5:15)
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive [lambano].” (Matt 21:22)
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Heb 11:1)
“for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek [ekzeteo] Him.” (Heb 11:6)
“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil 3:10)
“but grow [auxano] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2Pet 3:18)
“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” (Jn 14:13)
“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” (Jn 14:14)
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done [ginomai] for you.” (Jn 15:7)
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matt 7:7-8)
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Lk 11:9-10)
“Now to Him who is able to do [dunamai] exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Eph 3:20)
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able [dunamai] to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (Epg 6:11)
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able [dunamai] to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” (Eph 6:13)
“I know that You can do [yakol] everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.” (Job 42:2)
Reading: Gen 31-33; Lk 21