Praying for Others: A Must, Part 2

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Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

2 Thessalonians 1:11–12 Paul prayed fervently for the faith of the Thessalonians. He watched God grant them peace, comfort, deliverance, and courage through their trials. Discover with Pastor Chuck Swindoll the necessity of unceasing prayer—not just for yourself but for others (2 Thessalonians 1:11–12). Imagine all God might do through your faithful intercession! Believers experience real joy when they see God work as a direct result of their prayers. Intercede for others, and watch God move.

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0:00.0	Most of us genuinely believe in the power of prayer, but all too often our good intentions fail us.
0:16.0	Here's the unfiltered truth. There's a world of difference between admiring prayer and practicing it, between
0:22.4	knowing its power and tapping into it. Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall describes
0:28.5	a season when Paul was miles away from the people he deeply loved. They were suffering and
0:34.3	he couldn't fix it. Well, Paul wasn't powerless, and neither are we. Let's
0:39.7	discover what happens when ordinary believers petition God on behalf of those we love.
0:49.0	2, Thessalonians Chapter 1, we find the Apostle Paul praying for these people.
0:58.5	He really loved them.
1:00.8	You can, but it's hard to pray for someone you don't love.
1:05.1	Love really helps.
1:06.3	It kind of greases the skids.
1:09.8	He has a love for these people. Paul is in Corinth. You may not know
1:13.2	that. He's busily engaged with four other people in ministry, Aquila and Priscilla, a husband-wife
1:19.0	team, Silas and Timothy. That's why he includes them in the opening statement, a salutation, Paul, Silas, and Timothy to the church.
1:30.0	So he's with Aquila and Priscilla and Silas and Timothy, and you know, Corrin,
1:34.3	fast lane city.
1:36.0	They're busy, they're involved, they're all kind of things happening.
1:39.2	They're switching from the synagogue to the school of Tyrannis, and people are growing
1:44.1	and pressures are are growing and pressures
1:45.0	are mounting and offenses occurring and growth is happening and he stops to write a letter.
1:52.4	He's just been to Thessalonica.
1:54.7	So he sends them a letter of love in the first letter and then he hears about things
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