Our Scripture passage for today is: Philemon 1-11 (NIV) 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker— 2 also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: 3 Grace and peace to you[a] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, 5 because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. 6 I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. 7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people. 8 Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, 9 yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— 10 that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus,[b] who became my son while I was in chains. 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. Pastor Wayne’s prayer for today: Dear Heavenly Father… we thank You for the never ending list of saints who have gone before us. Those who have sacrificed much for Your kingdom. We lift all those who are in chains this day for the sake of the Gospel. We pray Your hand of protection over them as they continue to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with all that they meet no matter where they might be. Help us this day, O Lord, to be so bold for You as we share Your love, Your grace, Your mercy, and Your forgiveness with all those that You place before us. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:04:55 +0000
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