This week at our church has been set aside as a week of prayer. As part of that observance, we put together a "Daily Bread" style devotional on prayer. Each entry was contributed by one of our missionaries or pastors.
Day Two
Today's devotion by Wally and Jeannie Stephenson was on 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Pray without ceasing seems impossible if our concept of praying is limited to our private devotional prayer life. I don't have the time to spend all day with my prayer list, doing nothing but praying. I admire Jeannie's candor in admitting how difficult it is to spend long hours in prayer. However, I love the way she has responded to this command to constantly pray.
"Throughout the day as I watch events around me, I enjoy a more spontaneous prayer life. I pray for safety as IC see cars at out four-way corner. I ask God to give peace to the couple outside the Laundromat arguing almost to fisticuffs; for strength and patience for the young mother whose baby definitely does not want to sit in the stroller. Yes, we pray together as a couple, and I have my personal prayer list, but I also rejoice in being able to pray each time I hear a siren, or see a woman in a burka, or teenagers bent on stretching some rule. I'll never know the answers. I don't nee to. My job is to PRAY."
Day Two
Today's devotion by Wally and Jeannie Stephenson was on 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Pray without ceasing seems impossible if our concept of praying is limited to our private devotional prayer life. I don't have the time to spend all day with my prayer list, doing nothing but praying. I admire Jeannie's candor in admitting how difficult it is to spend long hours in prayer. However, I love the way she has responded to this command to constantly pray.
"Throughout the day as I watch events around me, I enjoy a more spontaneous prayer life. I pray for safety as IC see cars at out four-way corner. I ask God to give peace to the couple outside the Laundromat arguing almost to fisticuffs; for strength and patience for the young mother whose baby definitely does not want to sit in the stroller. Yes, we pray together as a couple, and I have my personal prayer list, but I also rejoice in being able to pray each time I hear a siren, or see a woman in a burka, or teenagers bent on stretching some rule. I'll never know the answers. I don't nee to. My job is to PRAY."
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