I was talking w/ a friend last nite. She had some stuff going on in her family & couldn't talk about anything till yesterday. She was asking for prayer. Of course, I will be praying for her family--in agreement w/ her. We started talking about Gods goodness, about how He always takes care of us, & about prayer. As we were talking this verse came to my mind; 1Thess 5:17- pray w/ out ceasing. That's what we need to do..pray always, pray continually, don't stop praying. Well what does that mean? Because we're not just always going to be able to pray & do nothing else. That would be great if that's all we had to do--but that's not reality. So to pray w/ out ceasing means to always be in awareness of God. To have the attitude of God being present w/ us at all times. To know that every situation, He is there & in control!! That to me is so very reassuring & hopeful. We've all got something that weighs on our hearts & minds, we bring it to God & pray & then we stay in the mind-set (praying w/ out ceasing) that Hes got this!! The outcome is going to be for our good & His glory. I love that--I love that, that kind of knowledge is God knowledge--trusting in Him!! So let's make sure we are following Gods word & doing just what it says..."praying continually" I know we'll be so glad we did!!!