1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. When the Bible says, Pray without ceasing, that means pray every day, not just periodically or when youre in trouble. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avail much (James 5:16). The word fervent means passionate, persistent, and determined. Its not the arithmetic of our prayers, how many they are, nor the rhetoric of our prayers, how eloquent they may be; nor the geometry of our prayers, how long they may be; nor the music of our prayers, how sweet our voice may be; the logic of our prayers, how argumentative they may be; nor the method of our prayer, how orderly they may be; or even the theology of our prayers, how good the doctrine is, that God respond to. Fervency of spirit is what avails much. The most powerful thing you can do is pray! Thats why the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray (Luke 11:1) and Jesus rebuked those who prayed with the wrong reasons and motives (to be seen of man: Matt. 6:5-8). When you join with a prayer partner, your potential is awesome. If two of you agree on earth concerning anything that [you] ask! it will be done for them by My Father in heaven (Mat. 18:19). It works like this: the less you pray, the less you want to pray; the more you pray, the more you want to pray. Nothing will move you to pray like answered prayers. But dont start with the answer; youre got to start with prayer! Heres a fact of life: we only keep doing what rewards us. So the key to building a great prayer life is to pray until you get answers. Think how deeply rooted doubt can become in our hearts when were actually surprised to find our prayers answered! So pray in faith and expect God to answer!
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:53:32 +0000