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Philippians chapter 1 verses 3 and 4.

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making

my prayer with joy.

What a wonderful picture of Paul's love for these Philippian Christians. I thank my God every time I remember you and I pray for you with joy. Oh, here's what I want to

encourage you to do based on this picture in Philippians chapter 1

verses 3 and 4. This is something God has been doing in my own heart recently and

this just brings it to the surface.

So, you know those times during the day or the night, just whenever, when different people pop into your mind,

people from the past, people from your present, people you know and interact with,

and maybe it's for good reason, maybe you think about people because you're frustrated with them, or maybe

you think about people because this or that that they did kind of rubs you wrong, or maybe,

so the opposite is they you think about

this person because something they did kind to you so regardless when people

come to your mind let that be a prompt from God to pray for those people. To thank God for those people,

to pray with joy for those people, to pray with joy for those people.

And that can look obviously different when it comes to different people.

But when God brings people to your mind,

maybe to think it's not an accident that he's brought into my mind, so let me pray.

Let me just stop and just quickly pray for them.

So when you think of people who either in your family, friends that you work with from church,

that you would be continually thanking God for His grace in people, even in people that you have a hard time getting along with.

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