Daily Selah ~ Praying for one another

Daily Selah is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live.

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. -Philippians 1:9-11 ESV

Praying for one another 

We know we should pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ. We know we can come boldly before the throne of grace and present their needs and ours to the Father.

But how should we pray for spiritual needs, those areas in which we all need to grow? Paul provides a great example in these verses. He wants more for his friends. He prays they will be more loving, more discerning, more pure etc.

Shouldn't we want more of the same in our lives and in the lives of other believers in Christ? For them and for ourselves, we should be asking, “Lord, give us more.”

Father, thank You for all You have given us in Christ. I ask that You would help us never to be too comfortable in our walk with You, but that we would desire more. More love, more power and more of You. I pray for the believer reading right now and ask that you would make them (and me) more loving, more pure and more like Jesus, for Your praise and glory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.