Pray without ceasing; a lad's journey

[Meatbag]

I watched my neighbour grow up and have kids of her own, slowly the world got them.. three brothers, barely into their teenage years, all in prison for low tier shenanigans..

I see the youngest one day, he comes to visit infrequently, mostly with lite religious inquires..
He's explaining his interest in Islam, the Muslims have been at him in prison, to his credit he's slowly citing the five pillars.. trying.. "uhh, good deeds?", he says.. "yeah, I think that one's called zakat", I jibe..
He talks for a while..
Praying X amount of times P/day comes up..

"Oh yeah?", I'm yanking his chain a little about now..

19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

"The Bible says pray without ceasing, whaddaya think about that?"
To his credit, he thinks for a moment.. says to me, "well, the 5 times a day actually seems doable.."
Is that something like works again?
We laugh, I tell him to never stop looking for God, at least he seems to believe that much..

What I didn't tell him, is something like this..
Does his "parole officer", or whoever he has to report to daily, want him to 'be good' 1x or 5x or even 50x a day..?
Or does he want him to be good continually? (without ceasing, as the verse says)

Well.. it's a no-brainer, innit
And now Paul comes to mind
I wonder what the lad does now.. hopefully still searching..
God bless you out there

 

[shittim]

Thank you for your work for the Kingdom.
Works to gain salivation is the most telling red flag I know of a false teaching.
RCC does this, don't know for sure about others.
best wishes

 

[homwardbound]

I watched my neighbour grow up and have kids of her own, slowly the world got them.. three brothers, barely into their teenage years, all in prison for low tier shenanigans..

I see the youngest one day, he comes to visit infrequently, mostly with lite religious inquires..
He's explaining his interest in Islam, the Muslims have been at him in prison, to his credit he's slowly citing the five pillars.. trying.. "uhh, good deeds?", he says.. "yeah, I think that one's called zakat", I jibe..
He talks for a while..
Praying X amount of times P/day comes up..

"Oh yeah?", I'm yanking his chain a little about now..

"The Bible says pray without ceasing, whaddaya think about that?"
To his credit, he thinks for a moment.. says to me, "well, the 5 times a day actually seems doable.."
Is that something like works again?
We laugh, I tell him to never stop looking for God, at least he seems to believe that much..

What I didn't tell him, is something like this..
Does his "parole officer", or whoever he has to report to daily, want him to 'be good' 1x or 5x or even 50x a day..?
Or does he want him to be good continually? (without ceasing, as the verse says)

Well.. it's a no-brainer, innit
And now Paul comes to mind
I wonder what the lad does now.. hopefully still searching..
God bless you out there

Believe God in risen Son Jesus for you. Receive truth from God in God's Spirit to you, and be new by his resurrection for you to do new (God doing it in your stead). "I" can't do it, "I" tried to and one day gave up, and I heard God say to me, Thank you in my new heart given me by God. I replied what??????????
I got to, do I not? Reply came can you, have you, will you ever be able to be perfect, since you have failed before? Galatians Epistle read it all.
I replied no way, it is not possible, for me God, I have tried as you know. therefore trust me to live not only in you, more importantly, through you.
I decided to ask for the exchanged life, my life as dead for his risen Life to love all in truth (Acts 17:28), even those that do wrong even as God has forgiven me and all through the cross, I see Romans 2:1-4 now and am humbled, even in belief
I see God hates pride and unbelief to this love and mercy of Son for us all
Thanks

 

[Blain]

Believe God in risen Son Jesus for you. Receive truth from God in God's Spirit to you, and be new by his resurrection for you to do new (God doing it in your stead). "I" can't do it, "I" tried to and one day gave up, and I heard God say to me, Thank you in my new heart given me by God. I replied what??????????
I got to, do I not? Reply came can you, have you, will you ever be able to be perfect, since you have failed before? Galatians Epistle read it all.
I replied no way, it is not possible, for me God, I have tried as you know. therefore trust me to live not only in you, more importantly, through you.
I decided to ask for the exchanged life, my life as dead for his risen Life to love all in truth (Acts 17:28), even those that do wrong even as God has forgiven me and all through the cross, I see Romans 2:1-4 now and am humbled, even in belief
I see God hates pride and unbelief to this love and mercy of Son for us all
Thanks

Dying to self in order to live in the risin son this is the process I am going through and I am learning to lean on and trust him more
To give my own life up in order to have his life in me this is my desire and prayer not just for me but for all who would partake in this journey with Christ.

 

[shittim]

Dying to self in order to live in the risin son this is the process I am going through and I am learning to lean on and trust him more
To give my own life up in order to have his life in me this is my desire and prayer not just for me but for all who would partake in this journey with Christ.

It's an ongoing process
blessings, brother

 

[Blain]

It's an ongoing process
blessings, brother

Yes it is an on going process and one that is not always easy especially when your in a circumstance such as I being entrapped in a horrible nursing home with seemingly no way out.

 

[shittim]

HE will make a way!
Praying for your situation in Jesus name.

 

[homwardbound]

Dying to self in order to live in the risin son this is the process I am going through and I am learning to lean on and trust him more
To give my own life up in order to have his life in me this is my desire and prayer not just for me but for all who would partake in this journey with Christ.

You, believe God, God has and stands in accepting you too, and all others that turn to God in belief to see. will see, so continue to stand Col 1:21-23. God knows who is who, Romans 8:15-16. What is what, so ask for the contentment in the midst of the troubles, to live above our circumstances.
The problem I see, is religion (Works) to be in to get in and to stay in or you not in, per man religionist's opinion. These gainsayers, state, they are right and others are wrong. When God states, God is the only one good, so how can any religion claim to be in the know, over others?
Luke 18:9-14. God, saves us through the forgiveness given by Son. Not us, me at least, I know I can't, I tried, if I could, then I would not need God would I, would you? You have repented (changed your mind, you Believe God in risen Son for you personally correct? You, then by God are well in your Soul Blain by God alone, who loves you completely, (as well as all that have not yet Changed their mindsets yet, God continues with us all, (Romans 12:2) To see from Daddy's PaPa's, Father's view, otherwise the cross would not be real, of no effect, 1 Corinthians 15 a fact, God by Son took away all sin through his willing death for us all, to be saved in his risen Life, by Faith, trust it is done for us to be new in love and mercy to all as well. which produces real true God works through each of us, no matter how it might appear to others in their talking out of two sides of their mouth about us, as well as ourselves have done this in past too, Romans 2:1-4. There are those causing doubt and us hearing them and we getting mad and angered over bad things going on in our lives, from listening to others and self doing this in ourselves by doubt(s), over what God says is completed for us to accept good and bad as good for us, What? How
It is through acceptance that one, anyone can live new above whatever circumstance they are in. Can rejoice over being in prison, What?
Paul who was Saul of Tarsus did, and the Jail help came to belief, seeing him not fuss over it, or feel trapped, praised God still. As a matter of fact, this is how the Epistles from Paul, though Paul got written. Count it all Joy, when you enter divers temptations, he did, he stood in trust, no matter what, our turn, you think?
Ask Daddy, PaPa, Father to remove temptation from within your flesh, trust Father it will be done, just not necessarily right away, with more to learn still, of your new self, in God's Spirit and Truth to walk new in love as called for us all by Son's one time willing death to reconcile us all first, Then risen where this new life is given from Father. As you already are given, and you stand in and know is true too.
the, thinking gets people, me at least, messed up in terms of truth. God won, I need God and not have to do, God will do whatever needed through me, and all that believe too. I tend to get in the way, and want whatever it is I want, yet God continues to remain faithful to us all, to teach us contentment in all things
Love to you Blain, that will never get taken away

 

[homwardbound]

I watched my neighbour grow up and have kids of her own, slowly the world got them.. three brothers, barely into their teenage years, all in prison for low tier shenanigans..

I see the youngest one day, he comes to visit infrequently, mostly with lite religious inquires..
He's explaining his interest in Islam, the Muslims have been at him in prison, to his credit he's slowly citing the five pillars.. trying.. "uhh, good deeds?", he says.. "yeah, I think that one's called zakat", I jibe..
He talks for a while..
Praying X amount of times P/day comes up..

"Oh yeah?", I'm yanking his chain a little about now..

"The Bible says pray without ceasing, whaddaya think about that?"
To his credit, he thinks for a moment.. says to me, "well, the 5 times a day actually seems doable.."
Is that something like works again?
We laugh, I tell him to never stop looking for God, at least he seems to believe that much..

What I didn't tell him, is something like this..
Does his "parole officer", or whoever he has to report to daily, want him to 'be good' 1x or 5x or even 50x a day..?
Or does he want him to be good continually? (without ceasing, as the verse says)

Well.. it's a no-brainer, innit
And now Paul comes to mind
I wonder what the lad does now.. hopefully still searching..
God bless you out there

Your Title, Pray without ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.

tells me, praying is not a physical thing, what?
If or since I am to not stop praying, then I would get stuck, my head bowed, my eyes closed, my hands folded together. What can one, anyone do here on earth, having life here on earth physically?
therefore, I see prayer from the Heart of God given us to stand in Ezekiel 36:26, given now today and forever in the risen Son Jesus for us to be secured in, and not doubt any longer to it is finished for us to be new in love and mercy to all. John 19:30
God, sincerely loves us all y'all, otherwise, Son would not have gone to that cross willingly or would he have? You decide, between God and you, thank you

 

[Magenta]

What I didn't tell him, is something like this..
Does his "parole officer", or whoever he has to report to daily, want him to 'be good' 1x or 5x or even 50x a day..?
Or does he want him to be good continually? (without ceasing, as the verse says)

Tell him that next time....