Three of the most important Christian virtues are expressed in these three spiritual fruits; faith, hope, and love, and together, they embody the essence of godly living, and illustrate the virtuous way that every believer should seek to live in their Christian life-journey. The thanksgiving we express for our developing faith is clearly designed to encourage us to maintain our faith in the Lord and press on for the upward call we have in Christ Jesus, and so we begin this personalized section by telling you: "We Give Thanks To God Always For All Of You, making mention of you in our prayers." How wonderful for our group of Christians around the world to know that the Lord has lifted us up in prayer so consistently. Despite our ever expanding 'prayer list', we will always find the time and consider it important, to make mention of this group of Christians in our prayers together, United By Prayer. Like the Lord Jesus, United By Prayer has developed the desire to live our lives in an attitude of prayer. We find it very encouraging as we continue to grow so many that pray without ceasing, in every situation to pray with thankful hearts, and having done all, to keep on praying, knowing that our sufficient strength comes from God alone. We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, how grateful we are to have the inspired Scriptures as a mirror through which we are enabled to see the things we need to do to honor Your name. We pray that we may remain firm in the faith, grow in love, and rejoice in the blessed hope that we have in Christ. Thank You for the privilege of prayer and for the power of praying. We pray that our intercessions and prayers may be guided by You, as we look for that glorious day when Christ comes for His Church. May we all be sanctified entirely, spirit, soul, and body, and be made complete and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whose name we pray, AMEN. There were many groups in John's day who refused to accept the goodness of Christ, while others rejected His humanity, just as there are today. However, Scripture is clear that Jesus is fully God yet he is also fully Man. This is called 'the hypostatic union'. Denial of either Christ's goodness or His humanity renders the truth of the gospel as null and void, and this was what John wanted to express in this section of his second letter: "Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward." Not only are we to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation but we are to keep on walking in the truth, and loving as Christ loved. We are to die to self, grow in grace, and mature in the faith so that the Holy Spirit may work in and through us to the glory of God the Father. If we leave our first love, grow weary of well-doing, fall into legalism, compromise the truth, become lukewarm in our faith, or allow false doctrine to shipwreck our testimony, we will not lose our salvation, but we will forfeit any rewards that God has prepared for us to do. Let's Run The Race That Is Set Before Us looking to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that we are secure in You, that nothing can separate us from Your love, and once we are saved, we cannot lose our salvation. However, we know that living and walking in the flesh can result in a loss of rewards and so we pray that You would help us to walk in spirit and truth, to Your praise and glory, and receive full rewards at the judgement seat. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN The Church Is The Body Of Christ that is being built up and fit together in a beautiful way by the Holy Spirit, into a holy temple, a permanent dwelling place for God. There Is Only One Church, The Church of Christ that is made up of the family of believers that have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and God in this dispensation (from Pentecost to the Rapture). The Church consists of a body of believers who have become citizens of heaven by virtue of our eternal union with Christ Who is our heavenly God and glorious King of kings. Individually and corporately, all Christians are the habitation of our holy God Who has taken up permanent residence with our very bodies, so we are no longer foreigners and strangers, but are fellow citizens with the saints and by grace are now members of God's heavenly household. Is this not the privilege of all privileges that we should be called the children of God? Let us, in humble thanks and in His grace, devote ourselves to live our lives in the only way that will please God. Walking in spirit and truth, as we discharge our daily duties to the glory of God. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, what a gracious and generous God, to have taken us from the scrap heap of fallen humanity and welcomed us into Your family. You have showered us with such a wealth of heavenly privileges. Praise Your name forever and ever. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. Isaiah's vision of God's glory is, where He glimpsed the Lord seated in the heavenly Temple. The truth for those in the Body of Christ, is far more staggering in this Church age. We have become the chosen Temple of God's Holy Spirit. We have been selected to be used as the place in which the Creator has chosen to reside. The Body Of Christ, which is the Church, has been chosen by God to be His permanent dwelling place, throughout time and into the eternal ages to come. Our bodies are a temple of the living God and the Spirit of God dwells within each one of us. If we were truly to catch one glimpse of the awesome nature of this reality, we would be forever stripped of all our own vain-glories, self-importance, pride, presumption, and arrogance. But too often, those that have been saved by grace through faith in Christ are glaringly ignorant of the privileged position we hold. If we really came to terms with the reality of the position we hold as the dwelling place of the most high God, we would also prostrate our humbled being before His holy Presence, and whisper "Lord, here am I, send me." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, teach us more of Who You are and show us how flawed our understanding is of who we truly are and of all that Christ has done for us. Thank you for cleansing our lips and washing us clean in the blood of Jesus. Thank You for sending Your Holy Spirit to live in us and for building us up, into living Temples, with all who are saved by grace, through faith in Christ. In a world that has lost its way, we pray this in Jesus' name, AMEN. God is sovereign over all the earth and His plans and purposes will prevail. However from the beginning of creation, man was given a free-will, and we read in this verse that, "the plans of the heart belong to humans." The responsibility to make good choices or even bad decisions, is given into the heart of mankind, but this does not suggest that God has somehow lost His authority in our lives, the verse continues.. "but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord." This verse is not informing us that our decisions are of little consequence. It does not withhold our responsibility for the choices we make nor does it deny our accountability for the actions we undertake and the words we speak. This verse is highlighting the importance for every child of God, to use our God-given free-will to Choose Wisely As We Seek To Carry Out His Will, in the choices we make. When we abide in Him and submit our will to His leading and guiding, the plans of our heart, will align with God's purpose for our life To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the many truths that are hidden within the precious pages of Your Word. We pray that the plans and purposes of our hearts will mirror the desire of Your will for us. Thank You that our lives are in Your hands, and we pray that the answer of our tongues and the plans for our lives are aligned to Your Word and Your will. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. In his desire to warn believers of the increasing numbers of false teachers and heresies that were bombarding the Church of his day, Jude wrote an letter of encouragement and advice, but he begins with a beautiful greeting; a prayer that has travelled down the centuries to the Body of Christ, and a humble request to God that mercy and peace and love be multiplied to all those who are in Christ Jesus our Lord. Jude knew that the Church of his day was facing difficult days, and would be comforted and encouraged, knowing that he was praying for multiplied mercy, peace, and love for them. He also knew that giving them practical examples of how to live in these times, would be beneficial to them, and those around them This Prayer For Multiplied Blessings of mercy, peace, and love is equally needed today. Like Jude, we too should plead God's mercy on all His children, knowing that we also live in times when false teachers and doctrines in the churches of our day. Let us unite to plead God's mercy and peace and love on all Who are in Christ Jesus. Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we lift before You all those that are called by You and who have trusted in Jesus for salvation. Bless each one and may Your grace and mercy, peace and love, be abundantly poured out on them all. Keep all Your children under the shadow of Your wings in these difficult days in which we live, as we contend earnestly for the faith. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. Paul knew that the Lord was soon going to return and that we, like them, should remain content in the place where God has chosen to place us. We should conduct our lives in a manner that honors the Father and glorifies the Son, as we are empowered by the Holy Spirit, Who dwells within the heart of each of His children and Who strengthens us in our inner being. Paul's pressing message was a practical exhortation to walk in holiness, brotherly love, and humble obedience before God, because the return of Christ for His Church was drawing closer. These believers were urged to walk as children of light and behave in a manner well-pleasing to God, and he gave the Thessalonians a list of instructions on godly living which is still as relevant and pressing today as it was two thousand years ago. He reminded them of the importance of treating our bodies as a sanctified vessel that honors the Lord. He pointed out how wrong it is to transgress against a brother or defraud him and reminded them that God abhors such behavior and is an avenger of such offenses. Never forget that We Are Ambassadors Of The Cross and representatives of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are subjects of the King of kings and we are called and chosen to walk in a manner that is worthy of our calling. We are instructed to be holy because our Father in heaven in holy, and we are called to excel still more and more, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through Whom we are strengthened in our inner being according to the riches of God’s glory. and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, what a wonderful privilege that You should call such people as us into your own kingdom, and into Your glory. In the power of the Holy Spirit, We ask You to guide and direct us today, in all that we say and think and do. We pray we may live sanctified lives and walk in a worthy manner that brings glory to You. Keep us mindful of Paul’s teachings on living a spiritual life, and may we be witnesses of Your grace to all with whom we come in contact. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us. There are Lessons On Godly Living for men and women of all ages in Paul's letter to Titus, and we would all be well-advised to take to heart his guidelines for those in positions of authority within the church: "Encourage the young men to be self-controlled in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity in doctrine. Be dignified in your teaching. Your message is to be sound in speech and beyond reproach so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us." Whether young or old, male or female, baby Christians or mature believers, we should all take to heart Paul's important teaching on godly living. May we be temperate, dignified, sensible, and sound in faith, while demonstrating love and perseverance. May we also be reverent in our behavior, circumspect, sober, and sensible, May we give encouragement to those that are younger than we are, while imitating the godly traits of those that are mature in the faith. Let us pray that in everything we show ourselves to be approved unto God, rightly dividing the Word of truth and standing firm on godly principles. May we all become examples to others, in our day to day living. May we carry out righteous deeds for God's glory and remain pure in doctrine, dignified in sound speech, and beyond reproach in actions and attitude so that those who oppose us will be shamed into silence, and have nothing bad to say about us. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the valuable teachings we have in the book of Titus and the many instructions on righteous living and sound speech. We pray that we may live godly in Christ Jesus, and remain sound in doctrine. We ask that You would guide us into all truth and correct us from any errors. We pray that we might become living testimonies of Your goodness and grace, and be used by You to live lives that are beyond reproach, only saying and doing those things that honor Your holy name, to Your greater glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. Down through the centuries of time, Old Testament saints and New Testament believers have found comfort and encouragement in the psalms of David. The yearnings of his heart, that pepper the pages of his psalms, often reflect the same pain and pressure that causes men and women today to cry out to the Lord in their silent distress. Such comforting words provide solace for the soul and inject the will to press on, knowing that God is gracious and faithful and He will avenge His people and protect us under the shadow of His wing. Jesus told us that in this world we will have tribulation. People will trample on us, persecute us and oppress us day after day. At times we will feel alone, afraid, and in great anguish, but like David, we always have access to the throne of grace, for mercy to find help in times of need. His ear is never closed to His children and His eye is ever towards those that reverence Him. God often permits the people who trample over us, fight against us all day long, and cause us to go through such misery, to test our faith and produce patient endurance. They may be people who openly oppose us, or they may be unsaved men and women in need of salvation, for whom we ought to pray. But whatever the reason we are being encompassed about, trampled over and oppressed, we have an assurance that God Will Avenge Our Cause and those that hate us will know that He has loved us with an everlasting love. O God, have mercy on me, for people are hounding me. My foes attack me all day long. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, what a joy it is to read through the book of Psalms and discover the jewels of encouragement and the gems of hope. Lord, You know those who are against us, especially those who are dead in sin, at enmity with You and in need of salvation. Father, we thank You that You are our God, and we trust You to bring us through the trials and temptations we are facing today, and pray that You would use us as testimonies of Your great goodness and grace. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. Multiple calls to prayer are found throughout Scripture, and many men and women in the pages of the Bible are also found travailing in prayer to God. We Are To Pray Without Ceasing, to pray everywhere, and to pray in spirit and truth. We are called to pray for our leaders. Prayer expresses a need that we are unable to satisfy. It is an acknowledgment that we live in total dependence upon the Lord. The essence of all prayer is an admission of utter helplessness combined with absolute confidence in God to supply all our needs according to His riches in His great glory. When we live in an attitude of prayer, when we pray without ceasing, we are simply maintaining the ongoing and constant attitude of simple, child-like trust and helpless dependence upon the Father. We are not to limit our prayers to those things that we consider appropriate, but we are to pray about all things with every kind of prayer, in the same helpless dependence upon God, knowing that He is not only willing and powerful enough to answer all our pleadings but, are trusting Him, in His wisdom, to do only that which is best for us. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, prayer is such a precious gift that You have given to us. Help us to live and pray in attitudes of helpless dependence on You. May we be alert and diligent in every kind of prayer. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. The Gospel of John proclaims with authority that Jesus Christ is the sovereign Word of God, the eternal Word of God, the creative Word of God, and the incarnate Word of God. John also announces that Christ is the Son of God John was a prophet with a magnetic personality who challenged the nation of Israel to repent of their sins: He drew many crowds and caused many backslidden Jews to repent of their sins and to return to the God of the fathers because the Lord and Light of the World, was about to be revealed. Many mistakenly began to think that John himself was the Light, but John the Baptist was not the Light. John was the man whom God had chosen to testify about the Light. John was the one chosen to bear witness of the Light. John was the one that testified that Jesus Christ Is The True Light Of The World. Today we who have trusted Christ as Savior are called, as was John, to bear witness to the LIGHT: Jesus Christ, the true Light that lights everyone who comes into the world. As we allow Christ to live His life in us, we are enabled to reflect the light of His love and to share the glorious gospel of grace with others in a lost world of deep darkness. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the witness of Your Word, and thank You for sending Jesus into the world to be the Light of the world and Savior of mankind. Help us to walk in the light as He is in the light and to let the light of His love shine through us to others so that our lives will be a true testimony to Jesus. Just as John the Baptist prayed, as he bore witness to Jesus, we pray that we may decrease and Jesus may increase in us, until He is all in all in our lives. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. Every piece of armor that we are given in the spiritual battle of the ages in which we are engaged, points to the Lord Jesus Christ. He holds all things together and in Him, we have all that is needed to face the forces of evil and spiritual wickedness in life on earth. It is by maintaining a simple trust in Him that we are able to thwart all the earthly thorns and thistles in life that seek to trip and to trap, to ensnare, undermine, and destroy our faith. The Sword Of The Spirit Is The Word Of God. The weapon that we are to use to defeat all our foes in this earthly walk is the Bible, provided for us by our Heavenly Father. The Lord gives us many precious promises and proclamations about His Word. With such a weapon as The Sword Of The Spirit, the many examples of Jesus Himself wielding that weapon so effectively, and the promises pertaining to the Word, to let us all buckle on the armor that God has provided, and firmly grasp hold of the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, in both our heart and our hands so that we too may be able to stand firm in the in the days we live against the devil's wicked schemes. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the many provisions You have made for our protection against the evil enemy that seeks to defeat and destroy our trust in You. Thank You for our salvation, through faith in Jesus. Teach us Your Word so that we may be effective in our walk with You and our witness to others. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. In our Christian walk, we are not fighting a physical battle but a spiritual one, and God in His grace, has equipped us with a wide range of spiritual armor which when used correctly, will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts that come our way, be a protection to ourselves and others, and give glory to the Lord. Temptations and fiery trials, tribulation and stormy seas, irritation and deep disappointment, persecution and various people, will be used by many to burn our soul and shipwreck our testimony. Discouragement and unholy anger, doctrinal error and spiritual confusion, together with false teachings, moral failure, and self-recrimination, will flood our hearts if we step outside the protection of an unwavering faith in God and Jesus Christ, Whom He has sent. The enemy knows our weakest points and aims every one of his fiery darts at the bullseye of our human frailty. He will use fractured relationships, money concerns, health issues, the state of the nation, and anything else that may cause us to take our eyes off Jesus, and focus on the problem at hand. We will stand fast and Take Up The Shield-Of-Faith moment by moment, knowing that with it, we are able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one, and stand victorious - by the power of His Spirit, which is given by faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. There are many pieces of spiritual armor which God has prepared for our protection during our time on earth, and those that know their God and trust His Word will continuously carry that Shield-of-Faith - by taking every thought captive to Christ and Standing Firm On The Word Of Faith. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that You have fully equipped us to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, with such wonderful pieces of spiritual armour. Thank You for the Shield-of-Faith, with which we are enabled to extinguish all the flaming arrows and fiery darts of the evil one. Help us to stand fast on the promises of God and to keep our eyes looking to Jesus. Thank You that we have not only been saved by grace through faith in Him, but that in the power of the Holy Spirit we may live by grace through faith. Father, we pray that we will live by faith and not by sight, to Your eternal praise and glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. The very first piece of our protective covering is truth. Without the gospel of truth which comes from above, we believe a lie. Without the truth of the gospel of Christ, we are dead in our sins and condemned to an eternity without God. We are to bind the truth to our heart and meditate upon it day and night. We are to test all things by the Word of Truth and allow it to foster integrity in our hearts and faithfulness to our calling. We are to know the truth that comes from God and the truth will set us free. We are to speak the truth to others, in love, our strength is found in Christ and is bound up with the truth of God. Christ is our living Head and we are clothed in His own perfect righteousness and declared to be holy before God, by faith in Him. We are to maintain the pure covering of Christ's own purity, it is only as we perform practical righteousness in the power of the Holy Spirit that we become impregnable to the fiery darts of the lost. Let Us All Hold Fast To The Truth of the gospel of grace that was once delivered to the saints and Let Us All Stand Firm under the covering of Christ's own purity, wherewith we are clothed by faith. Therefore, let us take up the full armor of God so that we will be able to resist in the evil, and having done everything, we will be able to stand strong against the evil. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that Jesus is the Way and the Truth and the Life and that we have been clothed in His own righteousness by grace through faith. As we live out our lives, we pray that we will walk in integrity, speak the truth in love, and be continuously clothed in Christ's own righteousness, so that we may stand up to the evil, and having done all to hear You say, "well done, good and faithful soldier," to Your praise and glory, AMEN. Paul had to address many concerning issues in the church at Corinth for there was much confusion there. There were divisions and immorality within the Body of Christ which led to internal law-suits and moral laxity, and he had to give some stern warnings against being squeezed into the world's mould. He had to remind them that their bodies were a temple of the Holy Spirit. Having exposed their worldly ways which did not honor the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul wanted to remind these born-again saints that their disorderly behavior and incessant bickering was dishonoring to the Lord and contradictory to His ways. They reflected the ungodly conduct of the unsaved who are still members of a fallen creation. Too often, we see that there is Disorder Among The People Of God and pandemonium can too readily become the norm within a local church fellowship, or the wider, the Body of Christ. Too often, ungodly actions are accepted or ignored, while spiritual gifts are abused when certain groups or individuals use their God-given gifts and talents for self-glorification or self-centered motives. Instead of exercising themselves circumspectly in order to glorify the Lord and build up the Body of Christ, they dishonor His name through their worldly ways. Too often we see the character or attitude of many Church leaders and their congregants becoming self-indulgent, while at other times we observe Christians being EITHER 1) overly critical of their fellow believers for insignificant things OR 2) prepared to compromise their Christian faith by refusing to address issues of spiritual importance which should not be ignored! There Should Be Unity In The Essentials Of Our Faith, liberty and Christian courtesy surrounding any non-essential doctrinal issues, and godly love and graciousness should be demonstrated in the actions and attitudes we show towards our brothers and sisters in Christ - knowing that: God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the words of instruction that are in our bibles. We pray that any ungodly or carnal attitude that we have developed in our Christian walk, would be identified and dealt with. Thank You that You are not a God of confusion. We pray that You would give us wisdom when we come across disunity within the Body of Christ so that we may know how to behave and what to do in a way that honors Your name and character. Help us to walk, day by day, in humility and godly righteousness to Your honor and glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. |
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