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Nov 11, 2013

1 Thessalonians 5:17

 What does it mean?

            *Carry a spirit of complete dependence upon God.                     

            *Engage in a continuous conversation with God. 

            *Never give up praying.

                       

Why is this hard?

            *Because we are busy.        

            *Because we can be lazy.

            *Because it is a learned behavior.

           

How can we do this?

            *By the grace of God.

                       

            *With the Spirit of God.

                       

1.      1 Thessalonians 5:17

            Pray without ceasing.  (ESV)

            Pray constantly.  (HCSB)

            Pray continually.  (NIV)

            Pray all the time.  (Message)

            Never stop praying.  (NLT, NIRV)

 

2.      Daniel 6:10 (ESV).

3.      Luke 18:1 (ESV)

4.      Luke 11:1 (ESV)

5.       “One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.” --John Piper

6.       Romans 8:26-27

7.       Ephesians 6:17-18