Good morning. We all desire a more powerful prayer life. I would guess that many of us make commitments to try harder to make that powerful prayer life happen. I would say that for many of us those commitments, while heart felt, too often fall by the wayside in the face of the busyness and exhaustion of each day.
How, then, should we consider the command of 1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing.?
What if I could suggest a way to look at prayer, and to participate in powerful prayer, that you may not have fully considered? What if I were to suggest one very short prayer as an example of how we may pray without ceasing?
Here it is: “Yes Lord. For You and for them, yes Lord.”
Please consider for a moment the possibilities of that prayer. Is it in keeping with His will? Is it in keeping of His desire that we honor and serve one another? Is it in keeping with His will that we turn our eyes from our own troubles and focus on Him? I think that the answer is “yes” to all.
This prayer is but an example. It is a suggestion that powerful prayer need not be long or complicated. It is a suggestion that powerful prayer may be as ready and available as a few significant words. It is a suggestion that if this prayer were thought of as an arrow in your quiver and was accompanied by several other brief but powerful prayers that could be seen as arrows in your quiver…you would be well armed and ready to face the challenges of your day. Plus, your prayer life would be powerful, for when any of those arrows of faith are let-fly other godly thoughts of prayer will join them.
Pray well today. It may only take a moment, but that moment may bathe your day in the love of God.
Vern