Pray the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

Second Thessalonians chapter one, verse three, we ought always to give thanks to God for

you, brothers, as is right because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of

you for one another is increasing. It's that last phrase that I want us to meditate on and pray

according to. So Paul starts just like he did in first Thessalonians by talking about thanksgiving

for the church of the Thessalonians. He actually says we ought always to give thanks to God for you,

brothers. This is right for us to thank God for you. He's just all overflowing with thanksgiving

for these people and he tells us why because your faith is growing abundantly. That's a good phrase.

So let's not actually just do the last phrase. Let's do both these. Your faith is growing abundantly.

So that's why I'm giving thanks because I'm seeing abundant growth in your faith and the love

of every one of you for one another is increasing. So your faith is abundantly growing and your love

for each other is increasing. Those are two really good things. Pray for certainly in our own

lives, but the whole picture here is Paul's talking about others. Pray for this in others lives.

So just think about the people who you pray for, who God has called you to pray for the people

in your sphere of influence. Pray for their faith to grow abundantly and for their love for

others to increase and specifically for each other to increase. Like what a great thing for me to

pray for my kids that their faith would grow abundantly and that their love for one another would

increase. Yeah, that's a really good thing to pray for. What a great thing to pray for are brothers

and sisters in Christ and the church to pray their faith would grow abundantly. They're love for

each other increase. Just think about those two things today and I encourage you to think like

all day or as you go into the next day, those two things to pray specifically for them over others

lives and in the process to yes, say, God, I want these things in my life. What would it look like

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