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Let Me Say First
That I Thank My God
Through Jesus Christ For All Of You
Yesterday
at church during our Bible study class one our new members and fairly new in
his commitment to Christ shared with us that when he first started praying as a
new Christian his prayers were almost all for himself, but now that he has
grown in Christ his prayer requests are for others and now he prays very little
for himself. When I heard him share that I was so proud of him and so delighted
in how he has grown! You and I have been given the opportunity to intercede for
others! In fact, I believe that it is one of the most important tasks we have
been given, ranked right below sharing our faith!
Scripture
8 Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. 9 God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart…
Observation
Yesterday
at church during our Bible study class one our new members and fairly new in
his commitment to Christ shared with us that when he first started praying as a
new Christian his prayers were almost all for himself, but now that he has
grown in Christ his prayer requests are for others and now he prays very little
for himself.
When
I heard him share that I was so proud of him and so delighted in how he has grown!
You
and I have been given the opportunity to intercede for others! In fact, I
believe that it is one of the most important tasks we have been given, ranked
right below sharing our faith!
… It was Christ Jesus Who died. He was raised from the dead. He is on the right side of God praying to Him for us. Romans 8:34 NLV
How do we spend our time in prayer?
Are we all consumed with “me, myself, and I”? When we approach God is it with a “give me” mentality?
The Apostle Paul knew how important and how powerful the ministry of intercession was that is why he said to those he wrote his letters to, “Please pray for me!”
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Romans 15:30
Application
I
will ask the Lord to help me to be faithful in the ministry of intercession.
How about you?
Prayer
I pray for my friend John Seale today as he goes through treatment. Help the doctors to be successful. Give John and Jeanie peace of knowing that You are in control of every detail of today. Bless them. Help them through this long day filled with waiting rooms and possibly uncomfortable procedures.
Daily Bible Reading: Romans 1,2,3,4
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