Pray Always

Pray always (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

God commands us to pray. The verb pray is written in the imperative. If you are a Christian, you pray. Not just some days. But always. Constantly. Continually. Without ceasing. You are spending the day constantly praying to God, constantly aware of God’s presence.

Why does God command us to pray? Because God loves answering prayer.

Wait a minute, preacher man! I have been praying for the Mariners to win the World Series every year.
Wait a minute, preacher man! I prayed for God to cure my sister of cancer.
Wait a minute, preacher man! I prayed for God to save my marriage.

God commands us to pray always because God always loves answering prayer.

Notice, God never promised that he would answer prayers the way we want them answered. And for good reason. Because we are not God. And because we are not God, we do not know what God knows.

But what we can be sure of is that God knows, and God wants what is best for us.

So, every time we pray, we can be sure our prayers are answered exactly the way we would want them to be answered if we knew everything that God knew.

Pray always. Constantly. Continually. Without ceasing.