Unceasing: Community
July 26th, 2010 | Published in Podcast, Random Thoughts
Another thought on unceasing prayer.
Community. If I have a prayer that I’ve been praying, and I’m to pray unceasingly, how do I do this?
Perhaps that’s where community comes in? If I ask you to pray for me. Maybe you’ll be praying for me in a time where I cease. Maybe I fell asleep, got caught up in the day to day mess, or maybe I am even just feeling distant from God.
What’s scary is we can throw out the “I’m praying for you.” so easily, on later to be dismissing it, forgetting to, or just not meaning it at all. This is a pretty big deal. Praying for someone and not, could be the difference between unceasing and ceasing. I know that’s a stretch, but my belief is Jesus put a pretty huge focus on community for a reason. I do believe, with all of my heart, we were called to community, not to talk the controversy, not to talk about the other person is doing wrong, but to support each other, and help each other grow unceasingly. I believe a big part of this is prayer.
Unceasingly praying is not something that is easy. It’s not something to take lightly. It’s not something to dismiss as, “I’m just not good at prayer.” or, “He never listens anyway.”. It’s something to work towards, unceasingly, until you are there. And when you fall, work at it again, until you are there again.
Thoughts?
