Souls Filled With Love

I am currently reading Red Moon Rising, a book about the 24-7 prayer movement. It's been an incredible read, and yesterday a quote popped out as being especially relevant to what I have had laid on my heart lately (and just posted about a couple days ago.) I decided to share it with you, since I won't get the chance to share the rest of my thoughts on worship until this weekend.

The quote is from John Wesley in his book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. Emphasis is added.

"Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for Him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than His love, and the desire of pleasing Him. All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God... In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is a continual prayer."

Just as I felt God was teaching me to worship continuously by aligning my desires with his and inviting him into the smallest moments of my life, it appears that He is also teaching me to pray continuously!

The challenge to "pray continually" in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 has always been daunting for me. What kind of super-Christian do you have to become to actually have the ability to do that? However I am learning that while we often find our prayers communicated through our direct words or thoughts to God, they can also be found in our conscious and constant desire to please him.

I think I'd better close out with that. My brain still has a lot to think about.

"Remain in me, and I will remain in you."

~John 15:4a