| 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.... The key of effective prayer is to pray based on knowledge of God and through following God's nature. When you learn to pray to God through understanding His nature, He has no choice but to listen. Thus, this is the key for answered prayer - If you understand God's nature and hold on to it while you pray, He will answer your prayer. Paul mentioned about three aspects of knowledge of God. First, He's the God who delivers peace. God always plans to prosper us, not harm us. When you understand this, you will bravely entrust your life to His hands and let God guide you, and you'd be glad to let Him work in your life. The greatest doubt we can have in our life toward God is to question whether He will give us the best. Thus, we often plan our own life with our own strength. May God help us to know how to entrust ourselves in His hands, because we know that He's the God who grants us peace. Second, He is the God who can make us holy. Not only in spirit, but He can sanctify our body and soul. The precious blood that Jesus shed on the cross can cleanse us. The blood of Jesus can cleanse us in many ways. First, the precious blood of Christ can cleanse our sins. When we repent for our sins, God is faithful and just, so He will forgive our sins and wash away our trespasses. Second, the blood will wash away our sense of guilt. Even though we know that our sins can be forgiven in heaven, we are still pressured by our sense of guilt and cannot forgive ourselves. Let us bring the sense of guilt before you and let God wash it away with the Lord's precious blood. Third, the blood will wash away the wounds others caused us. In our life there are wounds brought about by others, and they often impact our life tremendously. We need to bring all these things before the Lord and let the precious blood of Christ make us completely sanctified. Finally, He is a faithful God. Because of His faithfulness, He can surely protect us, help us to accomplish holiness, grant us peace, and make us holy. God can lead us according to His promises, so we ought to let Him accomplish His work in us. Pray with Pastor Tong Liu 
Lord, I thank you because you are the God of peace, and you know what's best of us. Please help us to become holy because you are a holy God; cleanse our body, soul and spirit, and help us to understand that your precious blood can make us holy. May your faithfulness be with us always. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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