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Praying without ceasing
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
There's a place in the Bible that says to "pray without ceasing" (I Thess 5:17). It’s in a letter the Apostle Paul wrote to his fellow Christians at Thessalonica. I'm sure a lot of people read that and think, "How can I possibly pray all the time? I’m too busy!" I know I’ve thought that—perhaps even the Thessalonians thought the same thing when they got Paul’s letter!
But maybe prayer doesn’t happen only at special times or in a certain place. Maybe it doesn’t require fancy words. Maybe it really can be done anywhere, 24/7.
I remember my delight when I first read a simple definition of prayer in Science and Health, the textbook of Christian Science. The author, Mary Baker Eddy, stated, “Desire is prayer . . . .” (1:11).
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