Tallowood

How do we know God's will for our lives? Thessalonians and Houstonians wonder. Twice in his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul declares God's will. In a word, God wills for us to be full. Filled with the Spirit, our lives overflow with joy, prayer, and gratitude. This is the will of God for all of us: that we are always praying! Message based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.Quotes:Thomas Merton: To be an acorn is to have a taste for becoming an Oak Tree Duane Brooks: God wills for us to pray, and when we pray we find and fulfill his will. Joyful, prayerful, thankful . . .  People who are full of God in the fullness of the Spirit, seeking that his full will be done rejoice, pray, and give thanks. Duane Brooks: We do not just pray spontaneously, sporadically, but continually in conversation with the Father.Fred Craddock:  all we know in the life of prayer is asking, seeking, knocking and waiting, trust sometimes fainting, sometimes growing angry.  Persons of such prayer life can only wonder at those w