Jude 1:20-21 says 20 But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,[a] 21 and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.
When was the last time, you sat down to pray, and you allowed the Spirit of God to come upon you and empower you to pray for things that weren't even on YOUR LIST of things to pray for? Surely we all have or at least we do from time to time come to GOD with a list of these that either we want, need or we are interceding for someone else.
But I'm talking about when you find yourself praying for the unseen, and unknown needs of others. See pictured up top, is a worker in Malawi on the African Bible College campus (ABC) putting on stalks of grass to build a roof for what will later be a cafeteria/multi-purpose area. And pictured left are some brothers of mine Mark Mehlig and Brian Taylor stopping to lend a hand to some people in the Tslitza Village who are building their home. Jude challenge each of us to take or make time in our prayers to BUILD UP each other in our faith by praying for each other in the power of the Holy Spirit! We've had some challenging news in the last few weeks, and instead of praying your will...have you even sought to build up those affected by the changes? Have you really spent time, YES YOU, spent more time praying than you have talking to others about how you feel...or thought this should've been handled? One way GLORIFIES GOD, BUILDS UP OTHERS, and KEEPS YOU IN GOD'S LOVE.....the other way......well.....do you feel BUILT UP (ENCOURAGED)...or in rubble like the lose straw or fragmentend bricks in the pictures.
My prayer is that we all do as Jude ENCOURAGES, starting TODAY....that we'd 1) BUILD EACH OTHER UP, BY 2) PRAYING IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT & 3) AWAIT GOD's MERCY regarding whatever is on our hearts and LEARN TO REJOICE in HIS WILL! LGLP
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