"Helps to Intercession" has been written to help believers to follow the Scriptural command to "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thess, 5:17). But how can we do this, you may ask, when we are surrounded by the cares of daily life? We may as well ask how a mother can love her child without ceasing; how the eyelid can hold itself ready to protect the eye without ceasing; or how we can breathe and feel and hear without ceasing. All of these ceaseless activities are the functions of a healthy, natural life. And if our spiritual life is healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural as well. Does praying without ceasing refer to continual acts of prayer, in which we are to persevere till we obtain, or to the spirit of prayerfulness that should animate us all day long? It includes both. The example of our Lord Jesus shows us this. We have to enter our closet for special seasons of prayer, we are at times to persevere there in persistent prayer. We are also to walk all day long in God's presence, with the whole heart set upon heavenly things. Know your calling; begin your work. Give yourself wholly to it, and before you know it you will find this attitude of "praying always" (Eph. 6:18) without you. Just be sure to do your work. Christ chose you and appointed you to pray for others. Preface - Pray Without Ceasing Chapter 1 - First Day -- For the Power of the Holy Spirit Chapter 2 - Second Day -- For the Spirit of Supplication Chapter 3 - Third Day -- For All Saints Chapter 4 - Fourth Day -- For the Spirit of Holiness Chapter 5 - Fifth Day -- That God's People May Be Kept from the World Chapter 6 - Sixth Day -- For the Spirit of Love in the Church Chapter 7 - Seventh Day -- For the Power of the Holy Spirit on Ministers Chapter 8 - Eighth Day -- For the Spirit on All Christian Workers Chapter 9 - Ninth Day -- For God's Spirit on Our Mission Work Chapter 10 - Tenth Day -- For God's Spirit on Our Missionaries Chapter 11 - Eleventh Day -- For More Laborers Chapter 12 - Twelfth Day -- For the Spirit to Convince the World of Sin Chapter 13 - Thirteenth Day -- For the Spirit of Burning Chapter 14 - Fourteenth Day -- For the Church of the Future Chapter 15 - Fifteenth Day -- For Schools and Colleges Chapter 16 - Sixteenth Day -- For the Power of the Holy Spirit in Our Sunday Schools Chapter 17 - Seventeenth Day -- For Kings and Rulers Chapter 18 - Eighteenth Day -- For Peace Chapter 19 - Nineteenth Day -- For the Holy Spirit on Christendom Chapter 20 - Twentieth Day -- For God's Spirit on the Heathen Chapter 21 - Twenty-First Day -- For God's Spirit on the Jews Chapter 22 - Twenty-Second Day -- For All Who Are in Suffering Chapter 23 - Twenty-Third Day -- For the Holy Spirit in Your Own Work Chapter 24 - Twenty-Fourth Day -- For the Spirit on Your Own Congregation Chapter 25 - Twenty-Fifth Day -- For More Conversions Chapter 26 - Twenty-Sixth Day -- For the Holy Spirit on Young Converts Chapter 27 - Twenty-Seventh Day -- That God's People May Realize Their Calling Chapter 28 - Twenty-Eighth Day -- That all God's People May Know the Holy Spirit Chapter 29 - Twenty-Ninth Day -- For the Spirit of Intercession Chapter 30 - Thirtieth Day -- For the Holy Spirit with the Word of God Chapter 31 - Thirty-First Day -- For the Spirit of Christ in His people