| June
30
Pray Without Ceasing
Two simple words very adequately summarize what
should be our approach to prayer. We
looked at how we should pray
with all kinds of requests. We should
also be praying all of the time.
We've seen several times how prayer is a matter
of a relationship with God. Relationships
can only continue to be strong when there is
communication in them.
Praying continually does not mean that we never
stop praying. Obviously we can't give our
complete focus to more than one thing at a time.
What it does mean is that we are in a prayerlike
mindset. God should never be far from our
thoughts.
When we pray on all occasions and with all kinds
of requests, we will pray continually. We
pray for safety when we leave for work in the
morning. When we arrive, we thank God for
getting us there. We pray before a big
meeting or presentation. We thank God for
our food.
There are going to be times that we are busy and
prayer completely slips our mind. It
happens. If we try to focus on God as much
as possible and pray about all things we'll find
that the workday goes by faster, our attitude is
better, and even people around us seem nicer.
Prayer isn't just about asking God for things
that we need. Prayer changes us. |
