1 Thessalonians 5:17
Never stop praying.
Treated in 25 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 — “Pray continually.” Psalm 62:8 — “Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your…
- Mighty Power in Prayer ·
Pray Without Ceasing cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
'Pray without ceasing.''1 Thessalonians 5:17. THE POSITION OF OUR TEXT is very suggestive. Observe what it follows. It comes…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
All Are Commanded to Pray cites 1 Thess. v. 17
…to God, and the interior exercise of love. St Paul commands us to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. v. 17). Our Lord says: “Take ye heed, watch and pray.” “And what I say unto you, I say unto…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Prayer cites 1 Thess. 5: 17
…with God and fight your battle out. Keep looking to God. “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5: 17). It is not needful to be on your knees all the time but the heart should be on its knees…
- Stepping Stones ·
Give Us a Shove, Lord! cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…meditated on many things, especially prayer, and how one should “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Among the teachings that caught my attention was this: that if someone repeated a…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
New Lessons in God's School of Prayer cites 1 Thess. v. 17
…go together, each helping the other. "Pray without ceasing: in everything give thanks." (1 Thess. v. 17, 18.) These two precepts stand side by side where they belong, and he who neglects one…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Men Are God’s Method cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
…full of praying women, and the Church has always depended on them. Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 The second caution concerns the weight this teaching can lay on a person. If God is…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Some Hints and Suggestions cites 1 Thes. v. 17
…11. (d.) Pray daily, often and in every time of temptation. Luke xi. 9‒13; xxii. 40; 1 Thes. v. 17. (e.) Put away out of your life every sin, even the smallest, and everything you have…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. S. Lewis cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…had learned as a boy that feelings are a poor measure of prayer. “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, KJV). 9. Give Freely Lewis put two-thirds of his royalties into a trust for the poor and…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
Letters on Prayer cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
…on a bench, on a journey — when a quiet room was not to be had. Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 He used both set prayers and his own words, and he thought each was a corrective to the…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
John Wesley — The Methodical Man of Methodical Prayer cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…directly from Paul’s most compressed instruction on the subject: “Pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, NIV). He took these two words with full seriousness, arguing that “without ceasing” was…
- Clothed with Strength and Dignity ·
The Mighty Ministry of Prayer cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
"Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV) Of all the works the Christian woman can do, there is none more powerful than…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Prevailing Prayer cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
…we lack is the will to take a definite burden to God and hold on. Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Choose one definite object for prayer — a person, a church…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Prayer and the Word of God cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…You would faint! Prayer must be constant, natural, and sincere. "Pray continually." — 1 Thessalonians 5:17 When you pray often, God's presence becomes natural to you. His peace becomes the…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Introduction: The Secret of Those Who Shook the World cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
…which all of life is conducted. As Paul compressed it into two words: “Pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17, NIV). These men paid a price for their prayer lives. They paid in sleep, in comfort, in…
- The Practice of the Presence of God (For Teens) ·
A Prayer with a Sword in Hand cites 1 Thessalonians 5:17
“Pray without ceasing.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV) Brother Lawrence wrote letters to friends, and some of them were about ordinary…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Application of the Heart cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 A Short and Easy Method of Prayer begins without preamble. There is no history of prayer…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Conclusion cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 Thirteen chapters can make it look as though E. M. Bounds taught many things. He taught…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Chief Exercise of Faith cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
…simply, and his hearers took down the prayers so that many survive. Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 A caution Calvin’s rules can sound daunting, as if no prayer could ever meet them. He…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Ministry of Prayer cites 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
…is reluctant but because prayer is warfare and warfare takes time. Pray without ceasing. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 And practically, Nee urged the keeping of records — specific requests, dates, answers.…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
We can please God in no state or employment of life, but by intending and devoting it all to His honour and glory cites 1 Thess. v. 17
…clothes, as to be vain in our alms. Again, we are commanded to "pray without ceasing," [1 Thess. v. 17] as a means of rendering our souls more exalted and divine, but we are forbidden to lay…
- How to Pray ·
When to Pray cites 1 Thess. 5:17
…in such cases the victory should be won before the temptation really reaches us. 7. In 1 Thess. 5:17 we read, “Pray WITHOUT CEASING,” and in Eph. 6:18, R.V., “praying AT ALL SEASONS.” Our…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites 1 Thess. 5:17
…The reason why Paul enjoins, “Pray without ceasing; in every thing give thanks,” (1 Thess. 5:17, 18), is, because he would have us with the utmost assiduity, at all times, in every…
- Old Paths ·
Election cites 1 Thess. v. 17
…“knew,” are the Christians to whom he cries in the same Epistle, “Pray without ceasing.” (1 Thess. v. 17.) The very Christians whom Peter calls “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
…fleas story set beside the 1945 account, and thanksgiving in hell. Scriptures to revisit 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Hebrews 13:5. Reflection 1. What would it look like to give thanks in your present…