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Don’t stop praying!


That is a line from a song boy Matthew West, and I love the song and lyrics.  But what I really love is what it reminds me of.


Prayer is essentially to connecting us to God and keeping God’s purpose as a priority in our lives.  Let’s choose to have prayer as part of our lives each day.


There are several things or truths that help me make prayer a priority.


- Choose to spend time with God each morning.


- Lead where you have the ability in prayer.  Be an example.


- When you see a need, stop and pray at that moment.


- One way to connect with people is to ask how you can pray for them.


Luke 11:1  NLT  

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”


The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, and that is when he gave them the pattern of the Lord’s prayer … “our father who is in heaven”.


Jeremiah 33:3  NLT  

Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.


I was told so many years ago that this verse is God’s telephone number.  Just call to God in prayer.


Jeremiah 29:13  NLT  

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.


Prayer is looking for and looking to God.


Romans 12:12  NLT  

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. 


1 Thessalonians 5:17  NLT  

Never stop praying.


Keep on praying.  Learn to pray and do it often.


Colossians 4:2  NLT 

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.


Prayer is part of the disciples life, and we are called to be disciples of Jesus.  Make it a priority, or as Matthew West encouraged us, “don’t stop prayer!”

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