"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;"
1 Timothy 2:1
I like the idea here of praying for everyone. We often pray for our friends or the people in our families--people we really care about. Maybe though we are getting things the wrong way around. As we learn to pray for others, we learn to love them. ... Thus, prayer can be the first step into better relationships. :)
Let's try it God's way, and let's pray for everyone, and try to learn to love everyone. Maybe we can start out with someone we just don't like that much. Let's try praying for that person. Just going to the Lord and talking about that person and how the Lord might be able to help them I think will be a good beginning... because God isn't just going to listen to us complain. If we are going to pray for someone, we really have to be sincere, and find things that are positive about them, and if we are listening well, God will help us to understand why he loves that person more than we can imagine, just as he loves us. Let's be open to that sort of learning today. :)
1 Timothy 2:1
I like the idea here of praying for everyone. We often pray for our friends or the people in our families--people we really care about. Maybe though we are getting things the wrong way around. As we learn to pray for others, we learn to love them. ... Thus, prayer can be the first step into better relationships. :)
Let's try it God's way, and let's pray for everyone, and try to learn to love everyone. Maybe we can start out with someone we just don't like that much. Let's try praying for that person. Just going to the Lord and talking about that person and how the Lord might be able to help them I think will be a good beginning... because God isn't just going to listen to us complain. If we are going to pray for someone, we really have to be sincere, and find things that are positive about them, and if we are listening well, God will help us to understand why he loves that person more than we can imagine, just as he loves us. Let's be open to that sort of learning today. :)
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