"My Prayer For You"

Scripture: “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,”- Philippians 1:9-10, NIV

God has blessed us to be a good age, whether you are in your 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, and beyond. Throughout your living of life, you had (and still have today) many people that pray for you. Those people that/currently pray for you would tell you "my prayer for you is ____________". If truth were told, when we are encouraging our brothers and sisters, we are quick to say that my prayer for you is ______________________. Well, today, someone wants to share their prayer for you. This someone is the Almighty God through His manservant, the Apostle Paul. Within today's text, you will get an understanding for what Paul's prayer was for the church and for us today.

Today's devotional takes us to the book of Philippians. As stated in the introduction, Paul was the writer of this letter/book to the church at Philippi. Within this chapter, he delivers his opening salutations, discusses thanksgiving and prayer, and how Paul being in chains (or prison) has advanced the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Today's main scripture is found in the section talking about thanksgiving and prayer.

God through Paul lets you know that there's a prayer specifically for you and in this case, the Philippian church. We know this because the text starts out by saying, "and this is my prayer". Now, the prayer begins. The first part of the prayer states "that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight". In other words, he is praying that the Philippians' love for one another would grow more, their knowledge would be greater, and that their depth of insight would be greater. God's prayer for you is that you would want to love your brothers/sisters more and more each day. His prayer is that your knowledge would increase. His prayer is that your depth of insight would be greater. Why would God through Paul want these things for you and I?

The second part of the text provides us the answers. He wants these things for us "so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ". Simply put, God wants you and I to possess a knowledge base and insight so rich that when the enemy tries something, we'll be able to determine what's right and what's wrong. All of us makes these decisions on an everyday basis on what's right and what's wrong, what should I be doing, how should I say this to my brother, how should I say this to my sister, and other things. Many of us say that we do not have the answer to this question or that question. If you sup with God long enough and understand His prayer for you, then in due time, He will provide the answer. Just know that God's prayer for you is that you are to figure out what's best and pure, blameless, and right before the return of Jesus Christ. He wants us this way so we can make it into the Heaven and worship and glorify Him all the day! Isn't it a blessing to know that God loves you? Isn't it a blessing to know that God wants the absolute best for you? Isn't it a blessing to know that God wants you to make the right decisions and not be hung up here or there? He cares! He wants us all to prosper that are His children and in turn, we make the decisions pleasing and acceptable in His sight!

In closing, we always tell our brothers and sisters that my prayer for you is _______________. On today, my prayer for you is the prayer the Apostle Paul laid out to the church at Philippi. Not only is this my prayer for you, but it's God's prayer for you! Because it's God's prayer for you, always remember that you are His best and He wants the best for His best! He also wants His best to exhibit their best! Let's strive to continually give God our best and show Him love and admiration for the prayer He has for you!