Prayer! What is it?
"Pray without ceasing" 1 Thessalonians 5:17 How many of us have struggled with this verse? The thought of never ending prayer can be daunting, especially if we feel like we're not doing it correctly. Do we repeat the Lord's Prayer forever? Do we constantly reel off our shopping list of requests until God gets bored with our incessant repetition? The Bible can't seriously be saying that we are to pray without ceasing, right? Well, Yes and No! Look at these other Bible translations that help give us a rounder image of this verse: "Never stop praying" NLT "Be unceasing and persistent in prayer" AMP "Continually be prayerful" ISV That last one is especially helpful, "be prayerful", or, be "full of prayer"! Here is where I find people struggle. From all of my years as a Christian, then as a leader, then as a Pastor, all of the struggle comes down to definition, what is "Prayer"? Fortunately for us the Bibl...