We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV)
My God and Father,
Make me ever mindful that a person’s best work is produced by faith, that a person’s most honest labor is prompted by love, and that a person’s strength to endure all things can only be inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Help me to remember to
give thanks for those people that You have placed in my life whose best work is
produced out of their absolute faith in You—for their example of steadfast
faith, which challenges me to trust You more.
And to give thanks for
those who emulate well Christ’s labor of love toward all those He died to save—whose
example of Christ’s love in action, prompts me to love more deeply and express
that love more completely.
And to give thanks for
those whose endurance is made possible only by their hope in our Lord Jesus Christ—for
their example of long-suffering, which inspires me to endure my struggles
because of the hope that stands forever before me.
Let me always aspire to
work by faith, labor in love, and endure through hope—as I make reflecting Your Presence within me my
great obsession.
Make me ever mindful that a person’s best work is produced by faith, that a person’s most honest labor is prompted by love, and that a person’s strength to endure all things can only be inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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