Unceasing

5/26/2020

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.”

Have you ever had a time where you pray constantly? I have come close, I think. I wish I could say this is how I approach prayer every day, but alas, I cannot. I usually have these kinds of prayer days when I am in intercessory mode for someone going through a trial. Today was one of those days. Someone I love very much is battling in a few areas, and Covid-19 certainly does NOT help this situation at all. He needed something bathed in prayer early this afternoon. I had been praying for the situation every day, but today I found myself lifting him up all day long. No matter what I was doing or where I was, he was in my heart and I kept going vertical. These non-ceasing prayers are not done on bended knees, and may not be eloquent, but they are constant and from the heart. I believe that they are powerful indeed.

I prayed this way when my mother suffered a debilitating stroke. I prayed this way when I was recovering from my illness. I have done this for family and friends alike. I have a friend who is struggling and I find she is always on my mind and in my prayers. I guess when I think about it, I have been spending a lot more time in this unstructured type of prayer for a while now. Chambers says. “If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood that flows through our hearts, we think rightly.” To be so connected to God that prayer becomes as automatic as a heartbeat. Yes, that is where I want to be. Maybe the more deeply we are related to God, the more naturally this type of communication flows directly from our hearts. It is a soul connection, a powerful joining to God in a supernatural way. Why wouldn’t we want to access our connection with God every minute of every day?