Pray Without Ceasing

One Sunday morning I was teaching Sunday School years ago to a group of energetic 5 -year -olds. The Biblical principle that we were trying to convey was the concept of "pray without ceasing" that the Bible speaks of in 1 Thessalonians 5: 16 - 18. 

We explained that we should always be ready to take our matters to God in prayer, but it doesn't necessarily mean we literally pray 24/7. One little guy said, "We pray at breakfast, so we pray once a day." My friend who was teaching with me said, "Good for you!" The little guy then said, "No wait a minute we pray at lunch and dinner too! Silly me, so I guess we pray 3x a day." I chimed in with "That's wonderful."

As I attempted to continue the lesson, he kept interrupting me. Next, he said "We also pray at the bus stop! I forgot. So, we pray 4x a day." As I again tried to move on, he jumped in once more and said, "Just wait a minute we also pray at bedtime, so we really pray 5x a day."

​Before I had a chance to respond a little girl sitting beside him rolled her eyes and said, sarcastically  "O.k. o.k., we got it already!" It really cracked me up because I was thinking the same thing and didn't really have the time to hear how he prays, six, seven or eight times a day either for that matter! So funny! 

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