PRAY FOR US

Passage: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Key verse: 1

NIV

Request for Prayer

3 As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) pray for us(B) that the message of the Lord(C) may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.(D) 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people,(E) for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful,(F) and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.(G) 4 We have confidence(H) in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts(I) into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

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ESV

Pray for Us

3 Finally, brothers,[a] (A)pray for us, that (B)the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,[b] as happened among you, 2 and (C)that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For (D)not all have faith. 3 But (E)the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and (F)guard you against (G)the evil one.[c] 4 And (H)we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. 5 May the Lord (I)direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

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Footnotes
  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 13
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or glorified
  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Or evil
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1. Pray that the message be spread (1-2)

Paul's personal prayer request is that the gospel might spread rapidly and be honored. The gospel is honored when people believe and obey it. Without faith, men become enemies of the gospel; so Paul asked prayer that they be delivered from wicked men who were not believers. May God's concerns become our personal prayer topics.

2. The Lord is faithful (3-5)

We can't trust people, not even ourselves, to be faithful. But our God will strengthen us and protect us from the evil one. Paul had confidence that the believers in Thessalonica were continuing in obedience to God's word. He prayed that the Lord would direct their hearts into God's love and teach them Christ's perseverance.

Prayer: Lord, let the word of the gospel spread to all the young people of this land, until you raise America as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Direct my heart into God's love and teach me the perseverance of Christ.

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