 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
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| If you’re the kind of person who will always turn up for any social event but think you can cancel your daily prayer time at a moment’s notice, ask yourself: a) has my love for Jesus grown cold? b) do I believe I can handle life on my own? (except for emergencies of course) c) do I know how much God longs to spend time with me? ‘But I’m so busy!’ That’s the lamest excuse you can offer; how you spend your time reveals what’s important to you! The truth is, if you don’t pray it’s because you don’t realize its potential, or you’re unaware of the condition of your heart. John Wesley (a famous old skool preacher) said, ‘God does nothing except in answer to prayer.’ If you don’t pray the best thing that can happen – is nothing. Prayer puts the situation into God’s hands, otherwise whose hands is it in? Yours? Now that’s a scary thought! Paul says, ‘Pray without ceasing.’ You can pray anywhere, anytime, about anything. Your prayers can be out loud or silent, long or short, public or private. ‘Pray without ceasing’ just means to be chatting with God wherever and whenever. Does your prayer life need a tune-up? Answer these three questions: 1) How often do I pray? If you can’t remember when you last spent time in prayer, you’re living undirected, uncorrected and unprotected. 2) How’s my sincerity? Are you just going through the motions? That’s because you don’t know enough about who you’re talking to, or how He feels about you. 3) How’s my faith level? Do you wonder if prayer really changes anything? After all, if God decides everything, why bother? Why? Because prayer isn’t just for God’s benefit – it’s for yours! |
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