Unceasing, incessant prayer is essential to the vitality of your relationship to the Lord and your ability to function in the world. The first time someone hears about the concept of praying without ceasing it may conjure up the image of Christians walking around with their hands folded, heads bowed, and eyes closed, bumping into things. And it does not mean you're supposed to devote yourself to reciting ritualistic patterns and forms of prayer.
Prayer is to be a way of life-you're to be continually in an attitude of prayer.
It is living in continual God-consciousness, where everything you see and experience becomes a kind of prayer, lived in deep awareness of and surrender to Him. It should be instant and intimate communication-not unlike that which we enjoy with our best friend. When you experience something good and beautiful, you immediately thank the Lord for it. When you see evil around you, you ask God to make it right and to use you toward that end, if that is His will. When you meet someone who does not know Christ, you pray for God to draw that person to Himself and to use you to be a faithful witness.