Prayer

Our Prayer Life

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Have you ever thought about the verse, pray without ceasing, what does it mean to you? 

I have thought about this verse a lot, because in at least 39 other places in the Bible it talks about how we must have a heart of prayer, that we must be vigilant in every area to put it before God in prayer. Do you ever just feel like you haven't had time to pray in your day? It is easy to get that way, we get busy about many things and forget the very reason that God has us on the earth. He has a purpose for us and we can walk what He calls us to or we can just walk in our flesh. God calls us to rise above our flesh, to be different than the world. Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." How do we renew our mind? We do it through prayer, we must be in a constant state of prayer. 

I believe that we can be in communication with God at all times, just like we have a communication with anyone that we talk with daily. We don't address them every time, we just continue to talk with them. Why can't we do that with God? We must be in constant communication with Him, He should be our best friend, not just someone we go to when we have problems. How does that work in our friendships when we just call on our friends when we have problems? Friendship will be one sided. We don't want our communication with God to be only negative, we must be present with Him all the time. 

We must have a heart of prayer, constantly open to God. We must be willing to thank Him in all situation, we must praise Him in the midst of the storm, we must be willing to look past our circumstances and see God. He is in it all and when we change our prayer life from being in a constant state of negativity, we change the way we communicate and we change how we are individually. Isn't it time for a change in our walk with Jesus? Stop looking horizontally for your answers and start looking to God. 

It isn't just prayer, it is a conversation with God. What does your conversation look like?