Pray For One Another
By: Robert A. Searles
“To Timothy, my dearly
beloved son – grace, mercy, and peace , from God the Father and
Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God whom I serve from my forefathers
with pure conscience that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee
in my prayers night and day.” 2Timothy 2,3 (KJV).
How should we pray for one another?
We ought to pray for each other as Paul prayed for Timothy – that
God would give to our beloved wife, or husband, or children, or
parents, or friends, grace, mercy and peace.
Grace – the unearned gifts from God,
God's unmerited favor, undeserved forgiveness and pardon, unearned,
and undeserved eternal life, and undeserved provision for their
moment by moment needs.
Mercy - God's infinite compassion for
us, that is - G not pouring out his wrath and judgments on us when he
would be justified and righteous in so doing, lso, God's willingness
to come more than half way to meet and greet the runaway prodigal and
rebellious child, and welcome him back intoi the family.
Peace – that peace that only God can
give to comfort our hearts when we are in the center of his will, a
sense of well being, and knowing that everything isall right in our
father's house, and so it iswell with us who are his children.
May we learn to pray for one
another that God would grant his grace, mercy, and peace, even as
Paul prayed for Timothy.
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