Oct.20.04: Light for the Day - "Never Stop Praying"

-- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
"Keep on praying"

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When you can't put your prayers into words,
God hears your heart.

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You don't need words to talk to God. Tears, sighs, and even silence can communicate with your Heavenly Father in the same way that a look on your face can communicate what you're feeling to a friend. Those who know you well can understand what runs even deeper than words, just by being in your presence.

The Creator of the universe is always in your presence - although that's easy to forget at times. Even though He knows your every thought, prayer reminds you God is near. It prompts you to include Him in every aspect of your day, in even the little details.

When you wake up, before you fall asleep, whether you're feeling fearful or joyful ... anytime is the right time to talk to God.

-- G's DA

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Let your first "Good morning"
be to your Father in heaven.
-- Karl G. Maeser

We should speak to God from our own hearts
and talk to Him as a child talks to his father.
-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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-- Romans 12:12 
Be joyful in hope, 
patient in affliction, 
faithful in prayer.

-- Colossians 4:2 
Devote yourselves to prayer, 
being watchful and thankful.

-- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
16 Be joyful always;
17 pray continually;
18 give thanks in all circumstances, 
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not put out the Spirit’s fire;
20 do not treat prophecies with contempt.
21 Test everything. Hold on to the good.
22 Avoid every kind of evil.

-- Luke 18:1 
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

-- Romans 8:26 
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

-- Ephesians 6:18 
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

-- Jude 1:20 
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.

-- Matthew 26:41 (Mark 14:38)
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. 
The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

-- 1 Peter 4:7 
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.

-- Jeremiah 29:11-13
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.

-- Jeremiah 33:3
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

-- Psalms 42:8 
By day the LORD directs His love, at night His song is with me --
A prayer to the God of my life.