Praying Around the Clock

“Instant in prayer”...”Praying Always”...”Continue in Prayer”...”Praying night and day”...”Pray without ceasing.”

Paul most certainly would sing with us, “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” the only change would be he’d sing, “Sweet Hours of Prayer.” It mattered not to him the place, posture, or predicament. He prayed about anything and everything!

For him, any place, anytime, any situation was an appropriate time to lift his heart’s holy hands to his God in prayer. His was literally a life of prayer. He began his Christian life with it and finished it the same way.

Paul’s prayer life, we would say today, was 24/7. Around the clock. He had no problem with such texts as, “Pray without ceasing” any more than if God told him to “breath without ceasing.” For prayer was the essence of his being.

C.H. Spurgeon said, “Pray without ceasing, or else your flower will fade and your spiritual fruit will never ripen. Continue in prayer until the last-moment of your life.”

“Long as they live must Christians pray,

For only while they pray they live.”