This week I realised how much I need to set a definite time for prayers without distractions, and a normal Christian walk requires our prayers. This includes all the matters that we're read before such as to set our mind on the things above, have the renewing of the new man, have the peace of Christ arbitrating in us, and allowing the word of Christ to inhabit us.
If I lack prayer, I lack this reality.
1 Thes.5:17 Unceasingly pray.
I enjoy the footnote here. Unceasingly means to have uninterrupted fellowship with God in our spirit. But what does "uninterrupted fellowship" mean? Being uninterrupted, according to the dictionary, is without any pauses or interruptions. So yesterday I went to FTTL graduation, and after the meeting, I tried to catch up with some sisters that I had not seen for a long time. But even if we focused very much on the conversations, there were still pauses or interruptions. So having uninterrupted fellowship with God does not mean two parties, us and God, focus on the conversations. It means more. In order to have uninterrupted fellowship, the two parties have to be one. That makes me realise our prayers with God is us and God, God and us, being one.
In addition, being able to pray unceasingly requires our perseverance (Rom. 12:12; Col. 4:2) with a strong spirit (Eph. 6:18).
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