Prayer
3.CommandedtoPray
IThessalonians5:17"Praywithoutceasing."
Meaning:GoddesiresforHischildrento communicatewithHim.Matthew6:8says,"...your Fatherknowethwhatthingsyehaveneedof,beforeye askhim"yet,Hecommandsustopray.Lookatthe followingcommandstopray:Romans12:12, "...continuinginstantinprayer;.."Luke18:1,"...men oughtalwaystopray,.."Colossians4:2,"Continuein prayer,"Luke21:36,"Watchyetherefore,andpray always."
Application:Thequestionisasked,howcan one"praywithoutceasing"?Therearetwo possibleexplanations.First,liveinaconscious awarenessofGod'spresence.Weshouldbeso closetoGodthattalkingtoHimissecond nature.Whetherprayingaloneorinacrowd, Godisacknowledgedcontinuallythroughout eachday.Secondly,prayingwithoutceasing meanstoneverhaveabreakinourpatternof prayer.
OtherVersesforStudy:Isaiah55:6;Jeremiah33:3;Matthew6:9;7:7; John4:23;Ephesians6:18;Philippians4:6;James4:2
1.Weshouldliveinaconsciousawarenessofwhat?
2.Thereshouldneverbeatimeinourlivescharacterizedby_______.
3.Writeoutaversethatcommandsustopray.
"Prayeratstatedtimesisgoodandright;wewillneveroutgrow theneedofitwhileweremainonearth.Butthiskindofprayer mustbesupportedandperfectedbythehabitofconstant, unspokenprayer."