| 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul once again prayed and blessed for the church of Thessalonica. First, he asked God to fulfill their "every good purpose." It's the good purpose that they were lacking and also longing for. It's a necessity in life to seek for good purpose, so that we may bear fruit of the Spirit from our life. By our own body we absolutely won't be able to live out the form of Christ; however, there's a desire inside us to be more like Christ, so that we may completely belong to God. We cannot achieve it by our own might, but rather by the power of the Spirit. All that we can do is to come before God and acknowledge that we are inadequate. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to come and work inside us, and welcome Him to come and help us bear fruit of the Spirit. Also, we need to allow God's hand to shape our life, to remove the impurities from us so that we can become cleaner. In addition, we need to life our voice to praise God daily, for the Bible says that "your strength will equal your days." When you start your day with praising God, your day will be filled with strength, and it'd be easier for you bear the fruit of the Sprit. When we depend on the power of the Holy Spirit, we may accomplish all of our good purpose. Second, the power of God will accomplish all the acts prompted by our faith, which refer to our ministry. When we are willing to expand God's Kingdom, we need to act by faith, and faith requires paying a price. Book of James says that "faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." We can't just sit around and talk; if we have faith, we must step out and act courageously. When we step out and take action by faith, we must believe that the Holy Spirit will work and bring out the effectiveness of the gospel, and more people will turn back to God. May God help us to experience His power in our daily life! Pray with Pastor Tong Liu 
Lord, I thank and praise you, because you are the God who can accomplish all things with your mighty power. You can accomplish every good purpose and every act by faith of ours with your might. So we ask that you help us to experience you might in our daily life. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen! |
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