BigMack
I'm making light of this, but I do have a few serious points. First, there is the matter of how what we say might influence lurkers on the thread. Second, the opposite dictum is "if at first you don't succeed, try try again". Suppose a friend of yours is ill, and you pray for their recovery? Do you stop praying if the prayer is not answered immediately? Remember the Canaanite woman from Matthew 15.