Rachel Workman: 18
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be
persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
19 And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike.[h] 20 I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.
21 To bring you up to date, Tychicus will give you a full report about what I am doing and how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper in the Lord’s work. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose—to let you know how we are doing and to encourage you.
23 Peace be with you, dear brothers and sisters,[i] and may God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you love with faithfulness. 24 May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
Stay alert. Now more than ever we need to stay alert. And we need to pray. For ourselves and for others. Prayer is the energy that enables the Christian soldier to wear the armor and wield the sword. We cannot fight the battle in our own power, no matter how strong or talented we may think we are.
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John Burnett: 18 [a]With all prayer and petition [b]pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, [c]be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, 19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in [d]chains; that [e]in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. He asked the Christians in Ephesus to pray for him and be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints. He called them to pray and be on the alert. Many Christians are clueless when it comes to the ways Satan distorts the Gospel. We should pray for ourselves, that when the opportunity comes, the Spirit will give us the words to say and give us boldness in saying it.
21 But that you also may know about my circumstances, [f]how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. 22 [g]I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know [h]about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.
23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ [i]with incorruptible love.
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Tomorrow’s reading for Proverbs 7:1-5
My
son, keep my words
and
store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and
you will live;
guard
my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your
fingers;
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You
are my sister,”
and
to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you
from the adulterous woman,
from
the wayward woman with her seductive words.
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