Our Daily Bread -- A Plea For Prayer
May 2, 2013
READ:
2
Thessalonians 3:1-5
Brethren,
pray for us. —2 Thessalonians 3:1
A
missionary recently visited the Bible study I was attending. She described what
it had been like to pack up her household, part with friends, and relocate to a
distant country. When she and her family arrived, they were greeted with a
flourishing drug-trade and hazardous roadways. The language barrier brought on
bouts of loneliness. They contracted four different stomach viruses. And her
oldest daughter narrowly escaped death after falling through a railing on an
unsafe stairwell. They needed prayer.
The
apostle Paul experienced danger and hardship as a missionary. He was imprisoned,
shipwrecked, and beaten. It’s no surprise that his letters contained pleas for
prayer. He asked the believers in Thessalonica to pray for success in spreading
the gospel—that God’s Word would “run swiftly and be glorified” (2 Thess. 3:1)
and that God would deliver him from “unreasonable and wicked men” (v.2). Paul
knew he would need to “open [his] mouth boldly” and declare the gospel (Eph.
6:19), which was yet another prayer request.
Do
you know people who need supernatural help as they spread the good news of
Christ? Remember Paul’s appeal, “Brethren, pray for us” (2 Thess. 3:1), and
intercede for them before the throne of our powerful God. —Jennifer Benson
Schuldt
Commit
to pray and intercede—
The battle’s strong and great’s the need;
And this one truth can’t be ignored:
Our only help comes from the Lord. —Sper
The battle’s strong and great’s the need;
And this one truth can’t be ignored:
Our only help comes from the Lord. —Sper
Intercede
for others in prayer; God’s throne is always accessible
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