This morning I had the realisation of the need to live a life of rejoicing, praying and giving thanks to the Lord as indicated in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Paul exhorted the Thessalonians to "Always rejoice...unceasingly pray, ...in everything give thanks...". The keywords here were "always", "unceasingly" and "everything". In other words this should be a matter of our daily, moment-by-moment living! We should ALWAYS rejoice (in the Lord; Phil.4:4), and pray WITHOUT ceasing (as in footnote one to 1 Thess.5:17: "...to have ininterrupted fellowship with God in our spirit") and thank the Lord for EVERYTHING (Phil.4:5; Rom.8:28-9). So, the Christian life is not a once-week religious duty but a matter of our daily living!