"Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17); "Men ought always to pray" (Luke 18:1); "continuing instant in prayer" (Romans 12:12); "praying always with all prayer and supplication" (Ephesians 6:18; cf. Colossians 4:2). Scripture teaching is clear, yet most of us recognise that we do not 'pray without ceasing'.
How frequently we pray, and for how long, will depend very much on our temperament and our circumstances. The point about 'unceasing prayer' is not that we are always on our knees, but that we have minds regularly, if possible constantly, attuned to spiritual things and conscious of God's presence.
Extracts taken from The Path of Prayer, John Morris p.124
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