June 21 2026 … Serving God In Prayer

June 21 2026 … Serving God In Prayer 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Don’t Stop Praying … exhorting Christians to pray - and keep praying - for one another in the Body of Christ.

Praying for the family ... 

  

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Highlight Passage: … Galatians 5:16 … [NLT]

…  7 Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about working and praying for one another in the family of God as if working for the Lord.

Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 6:1-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul calls for fellow Christians to work and pray for one another in the family of God.     

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Reference Passage: …  Job 42:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God restored Job from all his loss when he chose to pray for his woeful friends, illustrating the benefits from God for those who pray for one another.

Reference Passage: … John 15:7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus instructs His Disciple, then night before He would go to the cross, to pray for each other.

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:26-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians that God’s Spirit will help them (us) pray for one another.

Reference Passage:… Ephesians 6:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts and teaches fellow Christians to pray at all times - in the Spirit - for each other in the family of God.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… Paul teaches that all in the family of God must pray for one another with thankful hearts in order to receive the peace of God.

Reference Passage: … James 5:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, Jesus’ brother, urges fellow Christians to confess their sins and pray for those in the family of God who need healing.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Xochitl Dixon …  USE THIS LINK         wrote about trying to be obedient to God’s word which instructs Christians to honor their parents and pray for their family but being reluctant, seeing all the cads about loving their “greatest dad,” when the ODB author’s dad was far from that.   It’s hard to honor a parent or family member who was abusive or difficult to love, isn’t it?

However, … as we read in the Scriptures shared above and most certainly in the song inked here by Matthew West, we are NEVER to stop praying and working for others in the family of God.  For, … just as God did for Job (see Job 41:10), our Lord promises restoration and grace for those who pray, with thankful hearts, for others in the family of God,… yes, even for the nasty ones.  I, for one, today, needed that reminder.  How about you? 

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for showing me Your truth about calling me to pray for fellow Christians who need Your love … and especially for fellow family members.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling us to pray diligently for ALL in the family of God. … Amen

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