Pray Without Ceasing

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 28, 1871

Pray Without Ceasing

If once a year all people were invited to make their requests known to God, what anniversary would equal that in their estimation? Oh! the trembling hearts that would await the hour, the fears that something of moment would be forgotten, the requests that would then be presented. Or were the occasion less august, such an opportunity once a month would be greatly valued. But, dear friends, God does not so deal with us. He does not limit us to one day in a lifetime to present our petitions. He does not say, “Only once a year you may seek my face,” or “But once a month you may pray to me.” There is no time during the hurry of the day, or the long hours of darkness, in which his children may not pour their requests into his willing ear. In his great mercy and condescension he even says, “Pray without ceasing.”