Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Helping Others
When we think of helping others it can bring to mind many things for us as believers. The carry in dish for someone with family members recovering from an illness. The neighbor trying to build a playhouse for their kids. The widow in the country with the long snowy driveway and no one to help. Certainly these all qualify as good things to do and all are helpful. The help here is obvious, and even the non-believer could be of assistance. But there is another way that we as believers can help substantially that others that are not believers cannot. Prayer. Encouragement. Edification.
1 Thessalonians 2:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
God takes care of us, and especially does so in response to prayer. Those prayers can be our prayers or the prayers of others. Likewise, we can pray for those we know that have a specific need. We can also pray for those that we know that are facing challenges bigger than themselves. We can even pray in the Spirit for those needs of which we are not aware or even people of whom we are not aware. That is a part of our mission as believers, to extend to this earth God’s kingdom through prayer.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You as the One True King. You alone are worthy of our praises. You alone delivered the children in the desert. In those days and at that time You brought a glimpse of Your kingdom to the earth on their behalf. We ask You do that again, now, here, on behalf of Your people in their hour of need. Give us Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our transgressions, and help us to forgive those who do us harm. Defend us from those that would do us evil, who seek to blot us and Your name out of this earth. Send Your healing today, and Your deliverance. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.