How to Pray without Ceasing
“Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise” (James 5:13).
Often, we think of prayer as what to do when we need God to fix something or when we’re unhappy. But the Bible encourages us to pray at all times. Remember the idea of prayer being like a radio playing in the background all the time? Make that literal by listening to worship music. As you sing along, offer it to God as your prayer. Or, better yet, make up your own song along the way. Nobody is listening but Him, so don’t worry if you’re out of tune.
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To go along with what Kelly O'Dell Stanley gave in this tip, I would like to add to it an experience I had many years ago.
As a young family in the early 80s, we took a vacation to Florida one year, to visit family. When we got home we found that the refrigerator had completely stopped working, probably not long after we had left.
Someone had to clean it out though until we could get another one. And that someone was me. I didn't cherish the job. Because basically everything had turned to green mush.
So, I put on a cassette (Remember those days?) of some worship and praise music and some rubber gloves and got busy.
All the while, singing praises to God.
To my surprise, I got through it. lol more quickly than what I thought I would. Because I took my focus off the thing I was doing and put it on God.
I had learned a lesson that day that I have held on to a lot over the years. Sinding praises and prayers to God, helps us through the tough things we go through. It actually lessens our load.
Because God inhabits the praises of his people. (Psalm 22:3)
Thanks for coming by today, Friends. God bless!
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