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.
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