DOCTRINE OF PRAYER V

Mat 7:7-8, "Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking."
Joh 15:7 "Ask whatever you wish and it shall be done for you."
Luk 11:13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"Since the disciples didn't ask, Christ breathed on them the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:22 "And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'"Then 50 days later in Act 2:4 "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit."Since we are commanded to reside in the predetermined program of God, we are commanded to pray frequently or consistently, "without ceasing."

1Th 5:17 "Keep on praying continually" is a mandate for both habitual and spontaneous prayer. Therefore, this verse can be translated, "Make a habit of prayer."
In the predetermined program of God you are always in a position to offer prayer. Eph 6:18 "By means of all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit [the filling of the Spirit inside the predetermined program of God], and with this in view, be alert in prayer for all the saints with persistence and petition."In the predetermined program of God you have alertness for when prayer is needed. Phi 4:6-7 "Stop worrying about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be known to God. And the peace of God which passes all understanding shall garrison your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."Thanksgiving is your capacity for appreciation and a part of the function of impersonal love.