Today's promise: God pursues us with his
love
How do you pray for
the increase of God's love?
May God himself, our
Father, and our Lord Jesus make it possible for us to come to you very soon. And may the Lord make your love grow and
overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward
you. As a result, Christ will make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy when
you stand before God our Father on that day when our Lord Jesus comes with all
those who belong to him.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 NLT
A prayer for love
When Paul wrote to the
Thessalonians, his love and concern for them were apparent in every word. When
he prayed for them, he asked the Lord to make their love for one another
overflow. Paul prayed that the Thessalonian church might become a loving,
supporting community of faith. The strong, silent, loner Christian didn't fit
into Paul's understanding of how God works among his people.
Each of us needs each
other. God uses other believers to strengthen us and make us holy. As you pray
for strength to be faithful to God, you should expect his answer to come
through those believers who worship every Sunday with you. Likewise, you should
earnestly pray that God might use you to strengthen other believers.
Prayer for today:
O God, help my love to
grow and overflow to other believers…
From The One Year® Book of Bible Prayers edited
by Bruce Barton, Tyndale House Publishers (2000), entry for February 12
To love someone is to
seek his or her best and highest good.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
When love and skill
work together, expect a masterpiece.
CHARLES READE
CHARLES READE
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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