Cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon (the Cucurbitaceae family). Like watermelon, cucumbers are made up of mostly (95 percent) water, which means eating them on a hot summer day can help you stay hydrated. However, there's reason to eat cucumbers all year long.
The same word is used again to indicate persistence or perseverance in prayer. God desires this kind of prayer, because it indicates that we have come to a sense of our own lack and are unable to meet the need ourselves.ith persistence and perseverance, we are to be devoted to prayer and petition for all the saints. It is the work of the Spirit of God in our lives that makes this effective and possible. But we are responsible to apply ourselves with diligence and urgency. Praying will take persistence and diligence.
In it he asked Christians do define the concept of spiritual maturity. It seems that it is quite elusive. There are several very legitimate reasons why it is so hard to define. For one, spiritual maturity is a moving target. No matter how much we grow in our faith, there is more to go. Another reason it is so difficult is that there is more than one way to evaluate it and it is easy to focus on one of those methods and leave out others.