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April 5 - August 14, 2017
Charles Haddon Spurgeon offered this vivid picture of what praying at all times means:
Like the old knights, always in warfare, not always on their steeds dashing forward with their lances in rest to unhorse an adversary, but always wearing their weapons where they could readily reach them, and always ready to encounter wounds or death for the sake of the cause which they championed. Those grim warriors often slept in their
still to be in the spirit of prayer, so that if perchance we wake in the night we may still be with God.
Our soul, having received the divine centripetal influence which makes it seek its heavenly centre, should be evermore na...
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when the invasion of the Armada was hourly expected, not always blazing, but with the wood always dry, and the match always there, the whole pile being ready to blaze up at the appointed moment.
Our souls should be in such a condition that ejaculatory prayer should be very frequent with us.
the spirit should send up its silent, short, swift petitions to ...
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A Christian should carry the weapon of all prayer like a drawn sword in his hand.
but always in the energy of prayer; not always actually praying, but always intentionally praying.1
think of praying at all times as living in continual God consciousness, where everything we see and experience becomes a kind of prayer, lived in deep awareness of and surrender to our Heavenly Father. It is something I share with my Best Friend—something I instantly communicate with
when we are tempted, we hold the temptation before God and ask for His help.
“What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also,” said the apostle John, “so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3).
Imagine spending an entire workday with your best friend at your side.
But how would your friend feel if you never talked to him or acknowledged his presence? Yet that’s how we treat the Lord when we fail to pray.
we communicated with our friends as infrequently as some of us communicate with the Lord, those friends might soon disappear.
God’s greatest desire, and our greatest need,
to be in constant fellowship with Him now, and there is no greater expression or experience of fellowship than prayer.
Prayer is not a meaningless function or
duty to be crowded into the busy or the weary ends of the day,
we are not obeying our Lord’s command when we content ourselves with a few minutes upon our knees in the morning rush or late at night when the faculties, tired with the tasks of the day, call ...
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His ear is ever attentive to the cry of His child, but we can never get to know Him if we use the vehicle of prayer as we use the telephone, ...
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“The goal of prayer is the ear of God,”
The Ways and Means of Prayer
Ephesians 6:18,
pray all the time necessitates being in various positions, because you will never be in the same position all day. In the Bible, people prayed while standing
(Gen. 24:12–14), lifting up their hands (1 Tim. 2:8), sitting (Judg. 20:26 NIV), kneeling (Mark
1...
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looking upward (John 17:1), bowing down (Ex. 34:8), placing their heads between their knees (1 Kings 18:42), beating their breasts (Luke 18:...
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The Circumstances
the Bible documents that people prayed in many different circumstances.
prayed
wearing sa...
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sitting in ashes (Job 1:2...
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18:18), making sacrifices (Ps. 20:1–3), and singing songs
(Acts 16:25).
The Place
in a
closet (Matt. 6:6),
in the street (Matt. 6:5),
In 1 Timothy 2:8, Paul said, “I want the men in every place to pray.” For the faithful, Spirit-filled Christian, every place becomes a place of prayer.
The Time
he did, I looked up all the Scriptures that
show people praying three times a day (Dan. 6:10), in the evening (1 Kings 18:36), before meals (Matt. 14:19), after meals (Deut. 8:10), at the ninth hour or 3:00 p.m. (Acts 3:1), at bedtime (Ps.
4:4), at midnight (Acts 16:25), day and night (Luke 2:37; 18:7), often (Luke 5:33), when they’re young (Jer. 3:4), when they’re old (Dan. 9:2–19), when they’re in trouble (2 Kings 19:3–4), all day l...
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Prayer is fitting at any time, in any posture, in any place, under any circumstance, and in any attire. It is to be a total way of life—an open and continual communion with God.
Coincidental Attitudes
As long as you feel that insufficiency and dependence on God, you will pray without ceasing. At the same time, you also know you are the beneficiary of tremendous blessings from God.
Because when you pray without ceasing, knocking on the door with urgency, surely our Heavenly Father will answer and bless us with amazing beneficial blessings! Not because we are only praying for that reason...but because God only wants to give His children great & marvelous gifts, in order to spread the Name of Jesus!!! He died on an ugly cross for doing nothing but loving us and what did we do for His Love? We crucified my Lord, your Lord!! We bless Him when we worship & adore Him!!
Pray without ceasing, ever!
“rejoice always” and “give thanks”
everything in their unceasing prayers (1 Thess. 5:16–18). That reflects a beautiful balance...
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