Without Ceasing

Speaking of last week's sermon on the new church. If you missed that sermon, please go to the web (http://centennialbiblechurch.org/CBC_Sermons_Sunday_School_c92983.html) and check it out, it's the Mar 22 sermon. Key passage was 1 Thes 5:17. Interesting if you go to blueletterbible and look up that verse in different versions of bibles, and you'll find it says the same thing. Ok, so what part of that don't I understand? Why am I not doing it? When we lament how bad things are for Christians around the world and we admire their faith and strength to endure and persevere, I think we fail to recognize our weakness. And that weakness is to be a Christian without ceasing. We have so many distractions, so many other interests; Satan doesn't have to work hard to get us off track, just get us to look up. Such as to not pray without ceasing or to 'love our neighbor' while we're driving in heavy traffic, or forget to read our bible (another without ceasing) Being a Christian is not for wimps and it is not a part time job. For some being a Christian was saying a prayer and saying that Christ was their Lord and Savior and then going back to what they were doing just before. I think a good analogy of the expectations is marriage. Marriage is a 24 X 7, every week, every month, every year. We can do it, and those of us who have been married can prove that we can do it. (36 years for me this coming Wednesday). Without Ceasing.