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… God calls each and every one of us to pray and give thanks. 1 Thessalonians 5.17 says, Pray without ceasing and everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. So put God's will first in your life. important precepts from scripture today here on a new beginning pastor greg laurie is presenting his message called just a moment from our practical studies in the book of james pastor greg has been offering some foundational truths about living the christian life today But it's an important time to ask, are you living the Christian life? Or to be more candid, are you a Christian? Have you ever come to the Lord to ask Him to forgive your sins? Pastor Greg, what would you say to the person who's listening, who's just not sure if they've ever come to the Lord and asked Him to be their Savior? Yes, I think they need to make this commitment to Christ. Here's what the Bible says, whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. …
… Keep knocking. 1 Thessalonians 5.17 says, pray without ceasing. Why does God say that we need to be persistent in our praying? Well, one reason is God wants to know how important this object is to us, or this answer is that we're seeking from him. Is it really important? I mean, you know this if you're a parent or grandparent. You can be walking around the mall with a child or going through Target, and they say, oh, mom, dad, grandpa, can I have this? Ten seconds later, oh, I want this. No, I want this. I want this. You don't really take it that seriously. You'd go bankrupt if you did. But if your grandchild or child comes to you and says, I really want this more than anything in the world, and they keep coming to you asking for the same thing, you know in your heart this is something that's important to them. If it's that way with us, is it not more that way with our heavenly Father? …
… Look at this. 1 Thessalonians 5, verse 17. Pray without ceasing. That's all the time, just praying. And I want to encourage us. we want to develop at Zoe a prayer life. By the way, I'm so excited to announce to you this last Thursday at All Church Prayer, we had the most amount of people we've ever had in All Church Prayer ever. Come on, clap for everybody that's coming on Thursdays to seek God. You want to know why they're showing up on Thursdays at 10 a.m.? Because they're hungry for the presence of God, because they know that we need to pray. Prayer is not me getting God onto my agenda. Prayer is getting my life onto his agenda. I don't come to God and tell him, Lord, I need a car and I need more money and I need a house and I need a job. God is not a genie in a bottle and I'm just trying to get all my stuff. No, here's a powerful prayer. Pray this week. Not my will be done, but your will be done. When you start praying, God, it's not about what I want. It's not about what I need. I know you are good. I know you are faithful. I know you're going to take care of me. …
"Pray without ceasing."--1 Thess. v. 17. There are two modes of praying mentioned in Scripture; the one is prayer at set times and places, and in set forms; the other is what the text speaks of,--continual or habitual prayer. The former of these is what is commonly called prayer, whether it be public or private. The other kind of praying may also be called holding communion with God, or living in God's sight, and this may be done all through the day, wherever we are, and is commanded us as the duty, or rather the characteristic, of those who are really servants and friends of Jesus Christ. These two kinds of praying are also natural duties. I mean, we should in a way be bound to attend to them, even if we were born in a heathen country and had never heard of the Bible. For our conscience and reason would lead us to practise them, if we did but attend to these divinely-given informants. I shall here confine myself to the consideration of the latter of the two, habitual or inward prayer, which is enjoined in the text, with the view of showing what it is, and how we are to practise it; and I shall speak of it, first, as a natural duty, and then as the characteristic of a Christian. …