Paul's letter to Thessalonica makes me smile. Oh how I would love to be Paul's friend in those days. A man, I imagine was a spit of the Spirit's fire. He longed for those next to him and miles away to know of Jesus Christ. What a passion I can almost feel as I read of his stories and travels in the New Testament. This passage struck me as I reading through 1 Thessalonians. Sometimes I really just like to go back through and reread the scriptures I have underlined in the past. This one caught my eyes after finishing up the book of Colossians. In this passage Paul is talking to the Thessalonians about how he came to love and serve them in Christ. He encourages them in this letter to go out and continue in his ministry that he left with them. I know for me as I read his heart on these Bible pages that I pray for my friends and myself that we would not just live life but live it with a purpose for the Will of God. This morning I was reading in, "When Godly People Do Ungodly Things" and Beth Moore encouraged me as a Christian to pray constantly (1 Thess. 5:17) in order to have a seduced proof life from Satan. Not only to pray for myself, but to pray for fellow believers in scripture. My heart became just overjoyed! I LOVE when fellow believers pray with faith and the idea of inserting my friends and families names into scripture would be bullet proof!
My prayer scripture for right now is found in Ephesians 5:6-8. It says (emphasize mine), "Elli obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward you for whatever good you do, whether being a slave or free."
I'm excited to see all of the scripture my friends send me to pray over them Oh what a great thing God will continue to do in their lives and in mine as well. I can't thank him enough for a wall of protection of believers who love Him!
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