"Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full, drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and also for the welfare of those who are around you."
Alma 34:27
This is an interesting verse which clarifies prayer a little bit. Earlier in the chapter it gives several examples of things that we should pray for--times when we should "cry unto" God. Here, it kind of says when we're not praying, still pray. I think the difference here is that one is a cry, perhaps meaning verbalized, and the other fills our hearts, perhaps a non-verbal appeal to God when the verbal ones aren't appropriate to the situation.
This helps us understand the idea of praying always. There is a time for formal prayer and for verbal prayer, but since we are asked to pray always, there is definitely room for other types of prayer. We can't close our eyes when we are driving down the road, but we *can* cry unto God with our eyes open. It would be inappropriate in most cases to pray in the middle of a meeting in the workplace, but when that is where we are, we can pray in our hearts, including God in that part of our lives as well as all the rest of it.
Today, let's remember that God is always there, accessible to us wherever we are. Let's make sure we keep the spirit with us so that we can hear him, and let's cry unto him, verbally or non verbally, in whatever way we have available to us. He will help.
Alma 34:27
This is an interesting verse which clarifies prayer a little bit. Earlier in the chapter it gives several examples of things that we should pray for--times when we should "cry unto" God. Here, it kind of says when we're not praying, still pray. I think the difference here is that one is a cry, perhaps meaning verbalized, and the other fills our hearts, perhaps a non-verbal appeal to God when the verbal ones aren't appropriate to the situation.
This helps us understand the idea of praying always. There is a time for formal prayer and for verbal prayer, but since we are asked to pray always, there is definitely room for other types of prayer. We can't close our eyes when we are driving down the road, but we *can* cry unto God with our eyes open. It would be inappropriate in most cases to pray in the middle of a meeting in the workplace, but when that is where we are, we can pray in our hearts, including God in that part of our lives as well as all the rest of it.
Today, let's remember that God is always there, accessible to us wherever we are. Let's make sure we keep the spirit with us so that we can hear him, and let's cry unto him, verbally or non verbally, in whatever way we have available to us. He will help.
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