Pray Without Ceasing - August 05, 2025

Today’s Reflection

Part of learning to pray continually is to stay open in prayer. Sometimes after we say amen, we check off prayer on our to-do list and shut down the conversation. But God has invited us — called us — to pray without ceasing, to keep the conversation going all day, every day. The hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” is absolutely correct: “What a privilege to carry every thing to God in prayer!”

—Jenny Youngman,  Scrambled Starts: Family Prayers for Morning, Bedtime, and Everything In-Between (Upper Room Books, 2015)

Today’s Question

How might your “amen” become an invitation to continue praying throughout the day?Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

Pray without ceasing.—1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise him, all creatures here below;Praise him above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.—Traditional Doxology