There is so much noise about prayer. The popular 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says, "pray without ceasing" is always the basis of the emphasis on prayer.
Yes, prayer is important, but a proper understanding of what prayer is is very important. This understanding would allow us to know how we are to pray. And the noise of prayer would be channelled properly.
Prayer is a relationship, just as a Father and his Son sit to talk. Prayer as I have said in a previous write-up is a dialogue. Just as you speak, allow the Lord to speak. But many times I've seen some Sons and Daughters talk too much, and at the end of the day, they don't get anything from God, just because they didn't listen. And they lacked one key ingredient, which is communion.
To pray without ceasing implies, we are to commune with the Father at every point in time.
The "making out time to pray" isn't what 1 Thessalonians 5:17 refers to. The reason is that as Sons and Daughters of God, we become prayer, as prayer is communion and our way of living.
1 Corinthians 3:16 says, "Don’t you realize that together you have become God’s inner sanctuary and that the Spirit of God makes his permanent home in you?" TPT. You are always in His presence because he dwells in you.
In the layman's understanding, prayer is when we ask things from God. But as Sons and Daughters of God, we do not "pray" (from the layman's point). Prayer expresses faith based on who we are in Christ Jesus. It is a place where we sit to receive and to release. And this was what Jesus did whenever He was here on earth.
Now, we understand that Jesus is our perfection. And being Sons and Daughters of God we are to commune with Him where we sit to receive more of who we are [in Him] to release His life as our way of living.
The reason is that we are to be conscious of His purpose for us here on earth, and His leading through the Holy Spirit.
This means there should be no separation in your actions and His thoughts towards you, which you have keyed into through the constant communion with Him known as prayer.
Thus, our lives express Him here on earth, for we are one in Spirit. So, prayer is the flowing in His thoughts at every point in time, showing that He knows our thoughts and as we ask, He leads, shows, and guides us wherever He wants to.
It is an ever-present state of our existence through relationship and communion with Him. It is not a realm we need to enter because we are always in that realm, as long as we are born again.
God bless you and have a blessed day.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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