pray without ceasing,
Spiritual joy in God can be constant; rejoice in Him and you have an everlasting feast, even when worldly troubles strike. Prayer without ceasing is the path to that joy. Thanksgiving in all things, even hardship, follows naturally when you pray, for you will always find matter to thank God for.
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Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
Give thanks to God the Father through Christ for all things: temporal mercies, the means of grace, spiritual blessings of election and redemption, and above all for Christ Himself as Savior and Head. This duty binds us in every circumstance, adversity, affliction, temptation, since God's grace suffices and His sympathizing High Priest stands for us.
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Prayer without ceasing means keeping to stated seasons of prayer regularly and faithfully, and maintaining an unbroken spirit of readiness to pray whenever opportunity comes. A Christian who has allowed worldly care, vain talk, or indulgence to unfit his soul for communion with God has done himself serious spiritual harm.
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