Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let my living relationship with my living God grow stronger each day, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
"We have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God" (Colossians 1:9-10).
Yesterday morning I stopped into a local, small grocery store called “Peppers” to get a couple things to cook breakfast for my dad. As I was at the check out counter and the cashier was ringing up my items, she said , “good morning.” I said good morning back and asked how she was doing. She said her back was hurting her this morning and she had been in pain since she got out of bed. I told her I was sorry and said I will pray for you. She said please do. I asked her to give me her hands and reached over the counter and did. (Her hands were in latex gloves because of corona. I said a short prayer over herald when I finished I noticed the person behind me in line had closed their eyes and were praying as well. When I finished the cashier said "It means allot and I love that you are willing to pray for me." I told her remember Jesus loves you and left to head to my dad’s house. Do you know that one of the deepest expressions of love you can share with someone is to offer to pray for them? It moves an everyday worldly encounter them from to polite conversation to breaking-in of the kingdom of God encounter of intimacy.
Thank You Jesus for those who pray for me. Thank You for those who pray as Paul states abovethat I'll be filled with knowledge of God's will, that I'll mature in spiritual wisdom and understanding, that I'll lead a life worthy of You, that I'll lead a life that pleases You, that I'll bear fruit in all I do and all I am, and that I keep growing in my knowledge of who You are and in the intimacy of my deeply personal experience of who You are to me in my relationship with You. By the grace of God, may they never cease.
And at the same time, I pray the same for each one of them; the ones I know and the ones I'll never know until the day we see one another face to face in Your Presence to thank one another for our prayers for each other. Prayer is an expression of love. So You invite us to "pray for one another," You invite us to "love one another" (James 5:16; John 13:34).
Come, Holy Spirit, as You lead me to pray Your Word for my friends in faith and those who read this reflection, my companions on the journey of prayer. Father, in the name of Jesus, may they be filled with knowledge of Your will. May they mature in spiritual wisdom and understanding, may they lead a life worthy of You, may they lead a life that pleases You. May they bear fruit in all they do and all they are in You, May they keep growing in their knowledge of who You are and in the intimacy of their deeply personal experience of who You are to them in their relationship with You. By the grace of God, may I never cease in my prayers for them.
Thank You for the gift and the joy of praying for them and loving each one of them in this way, today and every day. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
My family, I pray you experience the love and joy of knowing somebody's praying for you right now. I pray it will encourage you to let another person experience love by you praying over them today, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friends!
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Gary Liederbach- Lead Follower
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