As We Pray

(Morning Service)

Text: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

With only a brief look at the New Testament you’ll see that Paul’s letters are a fantastic place to grow deeper and wider and higher in the way you pray – he prays through so much of what he wrote! This morning we are going to take a look at one of Paul’s prayers in our next passage in our study of 1 Thessalonians. We’ll see Paul pray for others and, in light of that, we’ll ask How can we pray for each other? Let’s explore this prayer together and allow it to resonate within our own prayer lives.

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“For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

(1 Thessalonians 3:9–13 ESV)”