2 Thessalonians 1
Give Thanks and Pray for One Another!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, December 16.
What does it feel like to have someone in your corner: someone who believes in you and is thankful for you, someone who prays for you?
I think this is one of the major issues of Covid-19. We are struggling in our well-being because many of us are cut off from their normal social rhythms, like going to church. We are easy prey to the devil when we actively feed the feelings that we are alone, isolated, or unwanted.
There is a solution, friend.
Paul starts his second letter to the believers in Thessalonica with thanksgiving for them. Listen to 2 Thessalonians 1:3, “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.”
The solution is you being the church—Paul knows we are better together and it takes each of us growing in our faith for all of us to be healthy. When you pray and take the initiative to serve another, then you get blessed in return.
Are you feeling alone and unwanted? Rebuke that lie by calling someone and giving thanks for them today! Be a part of the solution by being a blessing today…
Allow me to pray Paul’s prayer over you from verses 11-12, “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Amen!
Seize the moment and be the Church you so desperately want your church to be. It takes all hands on deck!
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