Friday... May it be so!

Paul is writing letter 2 to the church in Thessalonica and it is a letter of instruction and encouragement. And we need both today, don't we?

In reading chapter 1, I came across this prayer that he was praying for them. And it is a great prayer for us today. In verse 11 he writes, "we pray for you all the time - pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something."

Isn't that a great prayer? "Pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it amounts to something" And that is for sure my prayer for you and for me.

First of all, that I have good ideas and acts of faith. This world is out to put us down, to make sure that we feel that we have no worth but God has a different view of us. He wants to not put down our good ideas and our acts of faith but He wants to fill them with His own energy so that they will amount to something. And with His energy they will for sure amount to something.

Psalm 28:6-7 says, "Blessed be God - he heard me praying. He proved he's on my side; I've thrown my lot in with him. Now I'm jumping for joy, and shouting and singing thanks to him."

And then back to 2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NLT). It says, "Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ." And may it be so! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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