Pray Without Ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

Prayer is more than words. It's also the desires of our hearts, and our hearts  are constantly "desiring" before Him, even if we never speak a word.

To "pray without ceasing" means to have such holy desires in our hearts, in the will of God, that we are constantly in communion with the Father, petitioning His blessings.

It's good to know we have a direct line -- "Wi-Fi connection" to God.

Some of my most impulsive prayers went this way.

• HELP! HELP! HELP! That was when I forgot to brake at an icy bridge on I-30
• HELP! I can't see. Don't let an 18-wheeler hit me. That was during a blizzard on I-40
• Lord, i'm a wimp. I don't think I can handle Chemo. That was in recovery -- 1997

I'm thankful that God answered all those prayers.

God is good.

Living Sacrifice

Just as Jesus Christ had to take on Himself a body in order to accomplish God's will on earth, so we must yield our bodies to Christ that He might continue God's work through us.

Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sins, but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

As Christians, we must yield the members of our body as "instruments of righteousness" for the Holy Spirit to use in the doing of God's work.

The Old Testament sacrifices were dead sacrifices, but we are to be living sacrifices.