Best Ways to Grow in Prayer – 6

If you want to grow in prayer, take 1 Thessalonians 5:17 literally and seriously.

Pray without ceasing.

A Sunlit Path

The sun’s bright pathway of light reminded me that God’s Word is a light for my path. The guidance it gives is simple and clear.

Never stop praying (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

No matter what.

Prayer and Work

Work often requires self-forgetfulness, that one lose himself in a cause, in the reality of the task at hand. How then does one “Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)?”

Morning prayer “reaches beyond its set time to include the whole day . . . every word, every work, every labor becomes a prayer; not in the unreal sense of a constant turning away from the task that must be done, but in doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:17).”*

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together, p. 70-71.

 

Hear about prayer. Then pray.

The Bible says: Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

It also says: Hear the word of God and do it (Luke 7:21).

Constant Prayerfulness

Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

Without ceasing means “constant” and defines prayer not as some perpetual activity of kneeling and interceding but as a way of life marked by a continual attitude of prayer.*

*John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, 1&2 Thessalonians, p.186.

Do you want to be blessed?

Hear the word of God and keep it (Luke 11:28).

Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).*

*This is the Word of the Lord.

Pray with Me

Jesus wanted the disciples to watch and pray with him (see Mark 14:37-38).

He wants us to watch and pray with him. Never stop praying (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

 

How to be successful in 2014

Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you the power to be successful (Deuteronomy 8:18).

Study the Bible continually. Be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed (from Joshua 1:8).

Never stop praying (1 Thessalonians 5:17).