For this week’s session on prayer, I’m focusing on the “Secrets of the Serenity Prayer” so I’ll only be touching briefly on the text: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “pray without ceasing.”
Here is a list of references that show us how Paul practiced what he preached about persevering in prayer: Rom 1:9 God is my witness, without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers — Eph 1:16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers — Phil 1:4 I am constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for you — Col 1:3,9 in our prayers for you we always thank God …. we have not ceased praying for you — 1 Thess 1:2 we always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love – Philemon 1:4 I remember you in my prayers. I always thank my God … (for) your love for the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus — 2 Tim 1:3 I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
Paul didn’t recommend for us anything he didn’t do himself!
