Continue In Prayer

"Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving."  Colossians 4:2.  Prayer is our privilege of conversation with God.  We call upon Him as Father.  Matthew 6:9.  God is a heavenly Father who seeks to "give good things to them that ask him."  Matthew 7:11.  He has the power to bestow upon His children the blessings which we seek.  We must not cease to pray.  The affairs of life can often get in the way of prayer.  In prayer, we find strength and comfort.  Because God cares for us, He allows us to call upon Him.  Prayer is the means of overcoming weakness, fear, instability, and discouragement.  Our prayers of request should also be filled with our thanksgiving.  God is a giving God, but He desires our thankfulness.  In all things, we should be thankful.  "In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."  I Thessalonians 5:18.  "Pray without ceasing", but also, give thanks without ceasing.  Prayer takes us into the very presence of the Holy God who gives us richly all things to enjoy.  Ask, but be thankful.