A Prayer For You Today
Pastor Joe | February 18, 2025 | A Prayer For You Today
February 18, 2025
We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you because our gospel came to you not only in word but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.
Dear friends,
The church of Jesus Christ is precious and treasured in God’s sight. We are the body of Christ. Therefore, in Christ, we are all we need to be in God’s sight, still pressing on, failing, succeeding, faithful, and unfaithful, but never outside His love.
A prayer for you today.
Heavenly Father, it’s a great time to be alive, for even as there’s growing turmoil in the world, there’s unruffled triumph in Heaven—a peaceful certainty that the Gospel will win the Day, the nations, and the cosmos. I am overjoyed today as I consider the Gospel of Your grace—the good news of Your kingdom, the dominion of redemption and restoration.
With hope, we pray the Gospel will increasingly impact us and our community, the same way it landed on the hearts of the men and women of Thessalonica. What a striking image: “Not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction.”
Father, may the Gospel transform the way we think, feel, and choose. Close the gap between what we confess with our mouths and reveal with our lives. In particular, we pray for the power of the Gospel to be at work in our relationships, “faith expressing itself in love” (Gal. 5:6). May kindness and encouragement be the norm, and criticism and pettiness be increasingly rare.
Thank You, Father, that there’s “no condemnation” hanging over us. May the love You’ve lavished on us in Jesus remove the idols in our hearts. May our repentances be quicker, our generosity more cheerful, and our choices increasingly Gospel.
Lastly, Father, may the great hope You’ve given us in Jesus—including the hope of life in the new Heaven and new Earth deepen and lengthen our endurance. May it deepen our worship and our fellowship with You and Your church. Thank You for hearing this prayer and answering it according to Your goodness and love, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
Taken and slightly abridged from a prayer by Scotty Smith
God bless you, dear friends.
Pastor Joe