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Philippians chapter 1, verses 9 through 11.

This is yet one more place where we have a spirit-inspired prayer that we can just pray straight

over each other and others around us.

It's a little bit shorter than the prayers

we see like this in Ephesians. So I want to lead us in two ways. One, I just want to pray this

prayer over you and your life today. So me just intercede for you. And I want to encourage you

just to receive this and to say yes and amen to this in your own

life. And then I'm going to lead us to pray it together over other people in our lives. And then

that will lead us to pray it over people around the world, specifically today, the Shirazi people of Tanzania,

that God would answer this prayer in this people group of over 750,000 men and women and children.

So let's do it. Let's pray straight from the word over each other, over others, and over the nations. So Philippians

chapter 1, verse 9. Oh God, pray these words over every brother and sister in Christ who is

listening right now. You know everything that's going on in their lives. You are with them

right now. You're for them right now. So it is my

prayer that their love may abound more and more. Oh, God, I pray that their love today for you

and for others would abound more and more with knowledge and all discernment

God I pray that you give them knowledge and discernment so that they may approve what is excellent, so they may live for what is excellent,

so they may know and discern and spend their lives today for what is excellent,

so that they may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

Oh God, I pray that over them that they would be pure and blameless for the day of Christ

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ. I pray for the fruit of

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