Pray without ceasing.
without ceasing: The impossibility of spending all of one’s time on one’s knees articulating one’s needs has caused some perplexity about the meaning of this verse. As Lightfoot points out, however, "It is not in the moving of the lips, but in the elevation of the heart to God, that the essence of prayer consists" (81). So long as we live in constant awareness of our dependence on God and are conscious of His presence, we will remain in that prayerful state that is herein enjoined. There can be no intermission or extended periods of prayerlessness.