But you, dear friends, must continue to build your lives on the foundation of your holy faith. And continue to pray as you are directed by the Holy Spirit.
Someone once asked Emily Post, the renowned expert on etiquette, “What is the correct procedure when one is invited to the White House, but has a previous engagement?” She replied, “An invitation to lunch or dine at the White House is a command, and automatically cancels any other engagement.” In a similar way, when the Holy Spirit directs us to pray it is a command that provides to us an unsurpassed privilege of fellowship with the King. This privilege is mentioned in Jeremiah 33:3 when God says, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.” An invitation from the Holy Spirit to fellowship with God Almighty should absolutely cancel any other engagement. Any other response would be a display of poor Christian etiquette.
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