Thanksgiving and Prayer

“I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.  God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.”

Philippians 1: 3 – 11

 

When I read this prayer of Paul’s a couple of weeks ago I was amazed at how accurately it described my feelings towards all of you that support RMH.  I do thank God for you.  I do pray with joy because of the partnership that we have in advancing the gospel, specifically in the military community.  I am confident that we are all part of a bigger picture that God will carry on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Each and every one of you has an opportunity to impact the lives of those around you.  That ripple effect will keep growing and growing from generation to generation and you will not ever know the extent of that good work.  So my prayer for you is that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.  I pray that you come to an understanding of Christ’s love that moves beyond knowledge and into experience.  Then you will be able to discern what is best and live a life that is covered in the blood of Jesus Christ, so that you will be found pure and blameless and  filled with the fruit that only comes through Jesus Christ. 

 

I am thankful for you.  Thankful for the support you have shown me and this program, and thankful for what each of you are doing to impact this world for Christ.

 

 – to the glory and praise of God