This Is My Prayer
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ
Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in
I thank my God every time I remember
you constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you,
because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am
confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it
to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to think this way
about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in
God’s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and
confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long
for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my
prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full
insight to help you determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you
may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
One of the most precious gifts God has
given us is the ability to remember. There are plenty of hurts and
disappointments in life that we should forget. But good memories become a
treasure chest of priceless reminders of relationships share and joys
experienced.
The ability of Paul to remember his
friends in
God gives us
cherished memories. Cling to them when sorrows come.
Never let
today’s burden erase yesterday’s blessing.
Our Daily
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