We Pray to God for You

Acts of Worship
Learning to Pray

We Pray for One Another

2 Thessalonians 1:5-12  The Message

^5-10 All this trouble is a clear sign that God has decided to make you fit for the kingdom. You’re suffering now, but justice is on the way. When the Master Jesus appears out of heaven in a blaze of fire with his strong angels, he’ll even up the score by settling accounts with those who gave you such a bad time. His coming will be the break we’ve been waiting for. Those who refuse to know God and refuse to obey the Message will pay for what they’ve done. Eternal exile from the presence of the Master and his splendid power is their sentence. But on that very same day when he comes, he will be exalted by his followers and celebrated by all who believe—and all because you believed what we told you.
^11-12 Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time—pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.

 
For Reflection
Vengeance is the Lord's not ours.  Vengeance can consume our souls.  God has made you fit to reject vengeance.  God has made you fit to walk in the shadow as a beacon of peace.  Have confidence in God.  God will make your life amount to something.  You do not suffer in vain.

Pray

that you will not be tempted by vengeful acts.  Pray that you will have the confidence in God who makes all things work for good.  Pray prayers of thanksgiving for the grace of God that is in you.